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Black Silk Women's Shoes with Ribbon Ties

Haleca. 1930

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

These simple black silk shoes with fine ribbon ties are a perfect example of Biedermeier shoe fashion par excellence. Flat silk shoes were worn well into the 1830s and, in line with antique practise, were tied up the calf with silk ribbons. The edges of this slip-on shoe are trimmed in a silk ribbon tied into a small bow on the toe.

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  • Title: Black Silk Women's Shoes with Ribbon Ties
  • Creator: Hale
  • Date: ca. 1930
  • Rights: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Stephan Klonk │ Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Christine Waidenschlager
  • Provenance: 2003 Kamer/Ruf collection, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  • Proof of manufacture: Label printed on inside sole of right shoe: HALE, Ladies Boot & Shoe Maker, Charlotte Street, Belford Square,London N. 1 Wholesale/Retail & for Exportation
  • Place of origin: London, England
  • Physical Dimensions: w5 x d24.5 cm
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-018417
  • Type: Shoes
  • External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home.html
  • Medium: Black silk satin, black silk ribbon; lining: white linen toecap and insole, white leather side parts, pulled up on the inside heel for reinforcement; outer sole: brown leather, no hallmark
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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