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Woman's Shoes1830s

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Museum display of early 19th-century undergarments on a white mannequin: ivory corset with puffed sleeves, white gathered cap, and full-length white cotton petticoat with tucked hem bands
Interior sole of a shoe, cream-colored linen lining with visible stitching and aged discoloration, small paper label reading "Droite" in an oval border affixed at center.
Close-up of a shoe interior, cream-colored leather lining with a printed paper label reading "Gauche" in an oval border, and handwritten numbers below.
Photograph of two white mannequins displaying early 19th-century women's dress ensembles against a black background. Left figure wears a pale corset with puff sleeves over a white petticoat and a white cap with ruffles. Right figure wears a white muslin dress with voluminous sleeves, purple sash, wide-brimmed straw bonnet with purple ribbon, and holds a small embroidered purple reticule.
Museum display of early 19th-century women's undergarments on a white mannequin: a boned corset with front lace closure and puffed short sleeves, a white petticoat with horizontal tuck details at the hem, and a pleated white cap. Black ribbon-laced flat shoes visible at the base.
Title
Woman's Shoes
Place Made
France
Date Made
1830s
Medium
Silk satin and leather
Dimensions
1 3/4 × 2 1/8 × 9 3/4 in. (4.45 × 5.4 × 24.77 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.314a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.

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