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A dainty pair of flat shoes elaborately created with delicate materials, made from woven and plaited straw with two rows of circles containing bands of horsehair and a straw work ribbon trim. The upper material, is not very common for shoes, would have made from hatmakers’ straw. These would have been house shoes.
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Details
- Title: Shoes
- Date Created: 1830s
- Location Created: France
- Physical Dimensions: 22.5cm (length), 5.5cm (width)
- Type: Shoes
- Photographer: ©The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Masayuki Hayashi
- Rights: Collection of The Kyoto Costume Institute
- Medium: The uppers covered in connected braids of straw and horsehair; deep-pink silk ribbon trimming and cockade; lined pink silk taffeta; squarish toes; leather sole.
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