On display

Pair of Doll's Espadrilles

1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Gautier-Languereau (designers)
Place of origin
France (made)

Pair of doll's espadrilles, red canvas with brown string soles, laced with white string.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Dolls
Footwear
Object type
Pair of doll's espadrilles
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Espadrilles
  • Espadrilles
Materials and techniques
Canvas, string
Canvas
String
Machine Sewing
Brief description
Doll's shoes, espadrilles, red canvas, for Bleuette, 1950s
Physical description
Pair of doll's espadrilles, red canvas with brown string soles, laced with white string.
Dimensions
  • Each shoe height: 25mm
  • Each shoe width: 20mm
  • Each shoe depth: 42mm
Gallery label
(01/07/2023)
Fashion and action

People wear different clothes for different occasions, and so do our dolls.

These two sailors have lots of different outfits to choose from. One of them was originally designed for a boy and the other for a girl, but if you think about it, they aren’t that different.

[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, Small Worlds, group object label]
Credit line
Given by Mrs Nike de Bellaigue
Object history
Given to the Museum by Nike de Bellaigue [2016/949]
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.182:1, 2-2017

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Record createdMarch 23, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1436302/pair-of-dolls-gautier-languereau/
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