Object: Shoes
Brand:
Dino Busso
Designer:
Bernard Rudofsky
Date: c. 1940
Medium: Leather and suede
Country: Brazil
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Berta Rudofsky
Object number: 92.86.17
DescriptionDark red leather high platform sandals with with 13 leather layer sole divided at arch and red, yellow and pink suede thong strips with buckled ankle straps
Label Text:These sandals are reminiscent of chopines, a style of platform shoe worn in Europe from the 14th to the mid-17th centuries. This design, measuring nearly five inches tall, is more novel than it is functional. Real chopines, however, were intended to raise their wearers above the dust and mud of city streets—and they could reach up to twenty inches in height.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Shoes: A Lexicon of Style
- Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic