83.208.2

Images (5)

RetroSpective_21 Left to right P80.5.7 (coat and vest), 2007.54.2 (ensemble), 78.11.79 (textile wall), 2013.3.1 and 2013.3.2 and 83.208.2 (shoes and buckles case), 81.36.1 and 2004.24.2 (shoes case), P78.3.2 (dress), 80.30.42B (textile wall), 84.125.3 (evening dress), 83.172.8 (textile wall), P94.9.2 (black dress), 2009.35.1 (dress hidden)

RetroSpective_24 Left to right 2013.3.1 and 2013.3.2 and 83.208.2 (shoes and buckles), 81.36.1 and 2004.24.2 (shoes)

Rainbow_34 Left to right 93.169.13 (black dress), 83.79.2420 (textile wall), 76.87.24 (bag case), 98.49.1 (fan case), 83.208.2 (shoes case), P84.21.27 (suit), 84.162.43B (textile wall), P83.20.3 (dress), 83.79.2423 (textile wall), 70.15.86 (pink cloak), 83.79.2422 (textile wall), 2005.45.3 (pants case), P89.6.2 (suit), 83.172.44B (textile wall), 80.13.12 (black dress), P90.61.2 (curtain wall)

Object: Shoes

Brand: Peter Yapp (British)

Date: c. 1910

Medium: Polychrome silk brocade, silver metal, and rhinestones

Country: England

Credit Line: Gift of Martin Kamer

Object number: 83.208.2

DescriptionPumps in pale blue silk satin brocaded with roses in pink and green, with large oval rhinestone buckle; point toe and medium Louis heel

Label Text:Peter Yapp Ltd. was a prominent court shoemaker known for finely-crafted and high-style shoes. Fashionable dress in the early years of the 20th century was dominated by historic revivals, and these shoes, with their brocaded fabric, ornate rhinestone buckle, and "Louis" heel, deliberately echo the 18th century.

In Collection(s)

Shoes

Exhibitions:

Shoes: Anatomy, Identity, Magic
Ravishing: The Rose in Fashion
RetroSpective
She's like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion