Object: Shoes
Brand:
Perugia
(French, founded 1909)
Designer:
André Perugia
(1893 - 1977)
Date: 1930-1932
Medium: Green kid leather and gold pigment
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Frank Smith Collection
Object number: 2008.84.5
DescriptionPair of art deco painted gold pumps with green kid zigzag pattern inset and Louis style heel.
Label Text:Shoes became more visible—and thus more important aesthetically—as hemlines rose during the 1920s. Evening shoes were especially stunning, and often featured elaborate embroidery or beadwork. By the 1930s, surface ornamentation was largely replaced by bold, geometric designs that revealed the influence of art moderne.
Exhibitions:
- Night and Day
- Head to Toe
- Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic
- Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s