Name/Title

Shoe

Entry/Object ID

G2004.016

Description

Entirely hand stitched, pale blue-green silk. Straights, long pointed toes, high vamp with round throat trimmed with matching ribbon bow. White silk cord to adjust fit. Back and angled side seams well-covered with matching ribbon. Italian heels. Coarse cotton or linen, or more likely, mixed, inner sole. Coarse cotton [?] lining, each shoe stamped in red ink with what looks like “Hing shing” — Chinese — inside of a rectangular cartouche.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1780 - 1790

Lexicon

Search Terms

shoe, escarpin, hand stitched, silk, straights, italian heels