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Dal Co'

1954–58 · leather · Costume Institute

The Osgood collection comprises 179 objects, chiefly fashionable Italian-made women's shoes dating from the years 1954 to 1958. The shoes were collected by Charline Osgood, Director of the Kid Leather Guild, a trade organization of American kid leather manufacturers. Highlighting the use of kid leather in footwear, the collection provides a fascinating and enticing view of high-style European shoe design from the period, representing many of the finest and most inventive Italian makers. This attractive and unusual design shows the mode for peaked toes in Italy, a trend which failed to catch on in the United States. Knowing the taste of the domestic market, Osgood collected few peak-toed shoes to show to her audience of American footwear manufacturers.

Artist

Dal Co'

Date

1954–58

Medium

leather

Culture

Italian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Charline Osgood, 1960