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Ledger
Pair of Woman's Shoescirca 1795

Not on view
Pair of antique pointed-toe flat slippers in worn tobacco-brown velvet with gold ribbon trim and cream-and-gold embroidered palmette motifs on the vamp
Museum display of a late 18th-century woman's ensemble on a white mannequin: fitted bodice and full skirt in olive and cream woven check fabric, white fichu at the neckline, white apron, and a flat-brimmed straw hat with green ribbon trim.
White mannequin dressed in late 18th-century women's ensemble: fitted rondeau gown in olive and gold woven check fabric with long sleeves, worn over a white petticoat with a white fichu at the neckline, accessorized with a straw hat trimmed with green ribbon and a curled white wig.
Maker
Ledger
England, London, active late 18th-early 19th century
Title
Pair of Woman's Shoes
Place Made
England, London
Date Made
circa 1795
Medium
Leather with silk embroidery and silk-ribbon trim
Dimensions
Length: 11 in. (27.94 cm) 2 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (6.99 × 7.94 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.59.24.28a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.