Object: Shoes
Date: c. 1890
Medium: Yellow silk satin, glass bead embroidery, and rhinestones
Country: England
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2006.44.1
DescriptionEvening shoes in yellow gold silk satin with floral motif in bronze metallic seed beads and colored rhinestones, pointed turn up toe, medium louis heel; matching silk machine knit stockings with patterned openwork at foot and ankle, faint B monogram knitted at upper edge
Label Text:Evening shoes, which had been hidden from sight for much of the 19th century, emerged in the mid-1880s when the bustled styles featured slightly shorter skirts. These elegant shoes, with their slightly turned-up toes and ornate beading, were worn with coordinating, silk openwork stockings and were intended to be seen. Brightly colored shoes such as these were newly fashionable throughout most of the 19th century. Evening shoes were invariably black or white satin.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Head to Toe
- She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion