ENGLAND
Shoes
(1860-1870)

Medium
silk, leather

Measurements
(a-b) 4.0 × 4.0 × 12.3 cm (each)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs William Rees, 1977

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

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

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

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.

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ENGLAND
Shoes
(1860-1870)