ENGLAND

Shoes
(1860-1870)

Medium

silk, leather

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

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

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.

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ENGLAND

Shoes
(1860-1870)