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Collections

Woman's Shoes (Mules)1770-1780

Not on view
Pair of 18th-century brocade mule slippers, teal blue with cream bird-and-floral pattern, cream fringe trim, and small dark heels; left shoe tipped to show russet leather insole
18th-century women's ensemble displayed on a mannequin with white powdered wig: pale blue damask bodice with gold lace trim and ribbon bows, worn over a gold-green moire petticoat skirt, with small heeled mules.
Museum display of 18th-century women's undergarments on a white mannequin: a boned stays corset in warm tan silk with white lace trim at the bodice, paired with a large structured hoop petticoat of cream silk with horizontal boning channels, shown in side profile.
18th-century stays and hoop petticoat displayed on a white mannequin. Tan linen boned stays with pointed tabs at the waist over a white chemise; below, a wide dome-shaped panniers structure in cream linen with horizontal boning channels creating a broad, flat silhouette.

Unknown, Woman's Shoes (Mules), 1770-1780, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mrs. Alice F. Schott Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Shoes (Mules)
Place Made
Germany or Italy
Date Made
1770-1780
Medium
Silk plain weave with silk supplementary weft-float patterning, silk plain-weave trim, and leather
Dimensions
each: 2 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (6.35 × 8.26 × 21.59 cm)
Credit Line
Mrs. Alice F. Schott Bequest
Accession Number
M.67.8.125a-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.
  • 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.