shoes


shoes

Summary

Pale grey satin and fur slippers; quilted (diamond pattern). Heel also covered with grey satin; toe tapering, medium pointed; vamp and sides cut high, with a scooped cut out in the vamp, fastening across instep with a grey cord. No tongue. Tops edged with grey fur. Cuban heel. Soles and heels sueded leather; lining and insoles of napped cream blanketing wool; lacing holes faced with tan leather. With original shoe trees, steel spring with wooden toe block and heel ball.


Object Name

shoes

Date Created

1920-1929

Dimensions

Length: 23cm
Heel: 4.5cm

accession number

1979.207

Collection Group

costume
womenswear

Place of creation

Europe

Medium

Legal

© Manchester Art Gallery


x
Fill out my online form.