Object: Shoes
Brand:
Peal & Co.
Date: c.1939
Medium: Leather
Country: England
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P91.44.2
DescriptionPumps in gold metallic leather with mitered stripes and topline of black piping; medium continental heel and round toe; piped topline
Label Text:Shoes became more visible—and thus more important aesthetically—as hemlines rose during the 1920s. By the 1930s, surface ornamentation was largely replaced by bold, geometric designs that revealed the influence of art moderne.
Exhibitions:
- Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s