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Woman's Shoescirca 1885

Not on view
Pair of ivory satin slip-on shoes with low heels, each decorated with dense three-dimensional fabric rosettes across the vamp, one upright and one on its side

Unknown, Woman's Shoes, circa 1885 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Margaret Hubbard Taber, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Shoes
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
circa 1885
Medium
Leather
Dimensions
Length: 9 in. (22.86 cm) Height x Width: 3 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (9.53 × 6.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Hubbard Taber
Accession Number
M.86.410.2a-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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