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Pair of women's platform shoes (chopines)
Italian (Venetian)
1590–1610
Object Place: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Tooled leather over wood, with metallic braid
Dimensions
30.2 x 16.2 x 24 cm (11 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.556a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBrown leather split vamp stamped in chevron motif, trimmed with pink silk tassels. Open toe and sides; wood or cork stilt covered with brown leather with gilt-copper tape over front and back seams. Leather sole, insole, lining.
ProvenanceAttilio Simonetti (dealer; b. 1843 - d. 1925), Rome. By 1943, purchased by Elizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873 - d. 1957), Chicago; 1944, gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1944)