Shoes

Unknown

16th century · leather · Costume Institute

This shoe is part of a larger collection of objects excavated from an archaeological site on the Thames River in London, which provide an overview of fashionable shoe styles from the mid-fourteenth to the early sixteenth century. Intentional slashing and embossing of the leather were common decorative embellishments.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th century

Medium

leather

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various Donors, 1929