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Pair of Shoes

ca. 1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of brown glacé kid shoes with punched decoration. They have pointed toes and a low, stacked-leather heel and are fastened up the front by ribbon laces through loops of leather. The tongue is joined to the main body of the shoe along the inner side. They are lined throughout with brown kid.

Each shoe tree is of polished wood, and consists of three sections. Each section appears to be hollow, so that they are very light. The three sections comprise a front part that goes into the body of the shoe, a back part for the heel of the shoe, and a central part, which slots in between the two. The latter has a gilded knob on top with a ring through it, to facilitate the removal of the section when it is in position.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 8 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
  • Shoe Tree
  • Shoe Tree
  • Shoe Tree
  • Shoe Tree
  • Shoe Tree
  • Shoe Tree
Materials and techniques
Glacé kid leather, lined with kid, polished wood
Brief description
Pair of glacé leather shoes and pair of wood shoe trees, designed by Yantorny, Paris, ca. 1920.
Physical description
Pair of brown glacé kid shoes with punched decoration. They have pointed toes and a low, stacked-leather heel and are fastened up the front by ribbon laces through loops of leather. The tongue is joined to the main body of the shoe along the inner side. They are lined throughout with brown kid.

Each shoe tree is of polished wood, and consists of three sections. Each section appears to be hollow, so that they are very light. The three sections comprise a front part that goes into the body of the shoe, a back part for the heel of the shoe, and a central part, which slots in between the two. The latter has a gilded knob on top with a ring through it, to facilitate the removal of the section when it is in position.
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Mrs C.G. Lancaster
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971 314
Collection
Accession number
T.461 to C/3-1974

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2007
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