Collection Online
Shoes
Medium
silk, leather
Measurements
(a-b) 4.0 × 4.0 × 12.3 cm (each)
Place/s of Execution
England
Inscription
(a-b) painted on sole: (two images of birds)
Accession Number
D45.a-b-1977
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs William Rees, 1977
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Infant's shoes with blue silk vamps, leather toe caps, topline edged with silk, blue silk motifs at left and right corners of throat. Lined with kid. Leather soles with painted instep areas and painted images of kissing birds in red yellow and blue.