Girl's Party Shoes (Pair)
1860-1880
| Place of origin |
Girl's low cut party shoes of pale pink satin lined with mauve and pale puce silks. The shoes are seamed at the waist, and have leather soles, squared toes and covered Louis heels (the bases of which are nailed); the vamp of each shoe is decorated with a pleated rosette of self fabric beneath a pompon of black silk thread.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Machine stitched satin lined with silk and hand finished; nailed leather |
| Brief description | Girl's satin party shoes (pair) with black pompon decoration, Spanish, 1860-80 |
| Physical description | Girl's low cut party shoes of pale pink satin lined with mauve and pale puce silks. The shoes are seamed at the waist, and have leather soles, squared toes and covered Louis heels (the bases of which are nailed); the vamp of each shoe is decorated with a pleated rosette of self fabric beneath a pompon of black silk thread. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Zoe Mellors |
| Object history | Bought by the donor in an antiques shop in Seville, Spain, in 1986 |
| Historical context | The toes of the shoes had been stuffed with pages from the Spanish newspaper 'El Figaro' dating from 1918, but this is likely to have been when they ceased to be worn |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.1:1, 2-1998 |
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| Record created | April 17, 1998 |
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