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Woman's or girl's shoe
Italian (Probably Venetian)
1570s
Object Place: Italy (probably Venice)
Medium/Technique
Tooled leather, leather, fiber and wood
Dimensions
7 x 8.5 x 22.7 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.549
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBrown leather upper punched in horizontal decorative bands, bands of vertical slashes across instep and at toe. Round toe. Brown leather covered wood wedge. Leather sole, insole. Poor condition: soiled and worn, areas of disintegration.
ProvenanceColl. Simonetti (Rome); by 1943, purchased by Elizabeth Day McCormick; gift to the MFA (January 1, 1944)