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Shoe Hat
Elsa Schiaparelli, born 1890 - died 1973 - Enlarge image
Shoe Hat
- Object:
Hat
- Place of origin:
France (made)
- Date:
1937-1938 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Elsa Schiaparelli, born 1890 - died 1973 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Wool felt and silk velvet
- Museum number:
T.2-2009
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Elsa Schipaparelli's shoe hat of 1937-38 is the best known of the surrealist pieces made in collaboration with the artist Salvador Dali. The hat derived from a drawing by Dali, which in turn evolved from a 1933 photograph Gala Dali took of her husband wearing a woman's shoe on his head and another on his right shoulder.
Schiaparelli created her most directly surrealist works with Dali. This includes, in addition to the shoe hat design, the whimsical 'Tear' dress (T.393-1974) and the skeleton dress (T.394-1974) both dating from 1938 and now in the V&A's permanent collection.
