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Shoes

Shoes
(1874)

Medium
silk, wool, linen, leather

Measurements
(a-b) 4.0 × 3.6 × 10.0 cm (each)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss M. Jordan, 1952

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(England)

Inscription
none

Accession Number
1116.a-b-D4

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Shoes with uppers of blue quilted silk, backed with cream wool. Shallow square toe, with high-cut topline and v-opening at throat decorated with cream silk tassels. Uppers lined with linen, insole of wool and flat leather sole. Fastening at throat with fringed blue ribbon ties. Topline and v-opening edged with blue silk ribbon.