Collection Online
Shoes
Medium
leather, metal, glass, silk
Measurements
(a-b) 10.5 × 6.7 × 22.9 cm (each)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
(a-b) midpoint of insole, gold stamp: Moubray Rowan (...illeg.) / Melbourne
Accession Number
D113.a-b-1971
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr J. G. H. Sprigg, 1971
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
Brown leather, Ghillie-style, ladies shoes with rounded toes and wooden 'Louis' heels. Features bronze-coloured bead and sequin trimmings all over vamp and throat. Fastened by lacing through five thread eyelets with matching bronze-coloured metal tipped flat braided silk laces. Shoes are lined with pale green silk satin, with a gold coloured maker’s stamp in each insole. Bronze silk binding at topline and around eyelets.