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Designed by: Gaetano Pesce (Italian, born in 1939)
Designed for: Melissa (Brazil)
Brazil
2010

Medium/Technique Rubber
Dimensions Length: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Lender accessory: 27.9 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler
Accession Number2012.826.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionApricot-colored rubber shoes made up of a series of connected rubber circles. Sole stamped "MELISSA PATENTE REQUERIDA MADE IN BRAZIL HECHO EN BRAZIL." Orange interior with black label "MELISSA AND GAETANO PESCE"
ProvenanceFall 2010, purchased at Pier Show Flea Market by Jacqueline Fowler; Stanford, CT; 2012, gift of Jacqueline Fowler to the MFA. (Accession date: October 24, 2012)
Copyright© Gaetano Pesce