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Pair of Shoes

1960s (made)
Artist/Maker
Rayne (manufacturer)
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pair of evening shoes in black silk satin with a Wedgwood heel.

Object details

Categories
Images Online
Footwear
Fashion
Formal Wear
Evening Wear
Womenswear
Rayne Shoe Archive
Object type
Pair of shoes
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Silk satin, jasperware and leather
Silk (Textile)
Leather
Shoe-Making
Brief description
Pair of evening shoes in silk satin with a Wedgwood heel, manufactured by Rayne, Great Britain, 1960s
Physical description
Pair of evening shoes in black silk satin with a Wedgwood heel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 130mm
  • Width: 76mm
  • Depth: 210mm (Note: Dimensions taken by conservation for the exhibition Shoes: Pleasure and Pain (2015-2016))
Gallery label
Label for the exhibition Shoes: Pleasure and Pain
Heels
The invention of the steel spike in the mid 1950s led to the use of innovative and unconventional materials to create heels. The steel spike through the centre of the heel supported the weight of the wearer. Perspex, wood and even Wedgwood ceramics were adopted by the label H. & M. Rayne to create different shapes and textures. These loose heels were probably samples used to test ideas in various materials.
Shoes with ceramic heels
1959
London
H. & M. Rayne and Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd
Silk satin, jasperware and leather
V&A: T.360&A-1996
Credit line
Given by the Bata Shoe Museum Foundation
Subject depicted
Angel
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.360:1, 2-1996

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Record createdJanuary 21, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73223/pair-of-shoes-rayne/
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