Shoes

Unknown

1875–95 · leather · Costume Institute

These high quality baby shoes borrow a style of bow from fashionable women's shoes of the period. Children's styles frequently display elements derived from adult fashion, and this variety of tiered bow with puffed "ears" was frequently seen on ladies evening shoes of the 1880s. Although they have discolored over time, the shoes were originally a bright pink.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1875–95

Medium

leather

Culture

probably French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Edith J. Evans, 1929