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Sommer & Kaufmann
Woman's Shoescirca 1928

On view: BCAM 2nd FloorFashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity
Pair of amber-gold satin Mary Jane shoes with medium block heels and instep straps, one shown from the front and one in side profile

Sommer & Kaufmann, Woman's Shoes, circa 1928, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of W. T. Wohlbruck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Design House
Sommer & Kaufmann
United States, California, San Francisco
Title
Woman's Shoes
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
circa 1928
Medium
Silk satin with leather
Dimensions
4 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (12.38 × 7.3 × 24.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of W. T. Wohlbruck
Accession Number
37.24.90a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Hansen, Michaela. Fashioning Chinese Women: Empire to Modernity. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2026.

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