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Shoe trees

Pierre Yantorny1914/1919

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

Yantorny was considered the most exclusive and expensive shoemaker in Paris during the early twentieth century. Complementing his shoemaking skills, he studied the art of making shoe trees in London before opening his business in Paris in 1908. Molded to the client's foot shape, the featherweight hollow construction and luminous varnished finish resemble those of a violin. Every pair of Yantorny shoes is fitted with these unique trees.

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  • Title: Shoe trees
  • Creator: Pierre Yantorny
  • Fashion House: Yantorny
  • Type: shoes
  • External Link: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Collection Online
  • Medium: wood, metal
  • Date Created: 1914–19, 1914/1919
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mercedes de Acosta, 1953
  • Creator Death Date: 1936
  • Creator Birth Date: 1874
  • Accession Number: 2009.300.1179a–f
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