Woman's Wedding Shoes
Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by
Elizabeth Hart Jarvis
(American, 1826 - 1905)
Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by
Hetty Hart Jarvis
(American, 1828 - 1898)
Date1860-1870
MediumSilk, leather, cotton, metal, imitation pearls, paper
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam in memory of her family
Object number2010.423.11a,b
DescriptionIvory silk satin shoes with inner lining of leather and cotton, and leather soles. Square toes with light blue silk bows. Bows are edged in cotton lace with imitation pearls and gold-colored metal at center. Narrow ivory silk ribbon edges top of shoe opening. Paper label inside right shoe reads: Viault-Este / Four R Brevete / Des M L'Imperatrice / 17, Rue de la Paix, / Paris / Thierry & Sons / Regent Street, 278 / London." Written in ink on leather inside of right shoe "=H" on inside of left shoe "=H" and an illegible script.
Status
On view
Hetty Hart Jarvis
1892
about 1900
