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Woman's Shoes
Woman's Shoes

Woman's Shoes

Dateabout 1964
MediumMachine-stitched and hand-stitched glas beads, metallic sequins, synthetic fabrics, paper, plastic, and nylon
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 1 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (4.1 x 8.6 x 27cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Joyce Foster
DescriptionBackless slippers, with the vamp of silver fabric covered with silver-tone metallic sequins and a floral pattern worked in clear-over-silver glass beads, with faux pearl centers. The edge is covered with a binding of shiny silver plastic. The toes are oval and the silver-colored plastic knock-on heel is one inch high and in the Louis (or Italian) style. The sole is faux leather; the top piece of the heel is black nylon. The upper is lined with an ecru, ribbed-weave synthetic fiber fabric. The sock lining in the right shoe is silver-colored plastic with faux leather grain finish on a fabric backing. The sock lining is missing from the left shoe.
Object number1996.153.0a,b
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Woman's Shoes
    Dorothea Hilton Ormerod
    about 1920
    Woman's Shoes
    Goodsell family
    about 1905
    Woman's Shoes
    Lucy Kirby Beckley
    about 1815-1820
    Woman's Shoe
    Anne Beach
    about 1780-1785
    Gift of Marian Ann J. Montgomery, PhD, 2022.50.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
    Marian Bergeron
    1933
    Woman's Shoes
    Palizzio
    about 1960-1965
    Gift of Captain Charles J. Fuller, 1897.8.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    1862
    Man's Shoes and Original Box
    G. Fox and Co.
    about 1970-1975
    Waistcoat
    Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
    about 1785
    Woman's Shoe
    Unknown
    about 1770-1775
    Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1995.30.41  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticu…
    G. Fox and Co.
    about 1955