Object: Shoes
Date: 1835-1850
Medium: Brown glace leather
Country: France
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P85.35.6
DescriptionSlippers / pumps in bronze tone glacé leather with square toe and throat and flat heel; bound in brown ribbon with tiny bow at throat and long ties to wrap around ankle; straights.
Label Text:The accessories of the 1840s emphasized modesty and decorum. To achieve the idealized sentimental look, fashionable women adopted narrow flat shoes, tight corsets, and demure collars and undersleeves. However, these accessories were not without seductive appeal. The skill of allowing the tip of shoe to emerge from under skirts was a prized form of coquetry.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Untying the Bow
- Fashion & Textile History Gallery First Rotation