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Pair of shoes
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Pair of shoes
- Place of origin:
Belgium (made)
- Date:
ca. 1925 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Lilley & Skinner (made for)
- Materials and Techniques:
Painted kid, lined with kid, machine-stitched
- Credit Line:
Given by Miss K. M. Dunbar
- Museum number:
T.125&A-1962
- Gallery location:
Fashion, room 40, case CA9
This pair of ladies' evening shoes, in gold kid, is painted and lined with grey kid. It is labelled 'Hand made expressly in Belgium for Lilley & Skinner Ltd., London', and painted with a pattern of multi-coloured sprigs.
The 1920s produced the most exciting shoes of the century, with tremendous variety in cut, colour and ornamentation. Most shoes were high-heeled, even for dancing, necessitating straps over the instep. Bright colour mixes reached a peak by 1925.
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