Dinner oxfords

Charles Strohbeck, Inc.

1900–1910 · leather · Costume Institute

This shoe entered the collection as a donation from its manufacturer, the Brooklyn-based Charles Strohbeck. The extremely exaggerated style and intact wooden form indicate that the shoe was probably an exhibition piece executed to show capabilities of the manufacturer, rather than a representative production sample. During the heyday of American shoe manufacturing (roughly 1870 to 1930) Brooklyn was so well known for its manufacturers of high fashion shoes that the term "Brooklyn Shoes" was used generically in the industry to describe the category.

Artist

Charles Strohbeck, Inc.

Date

1900–1910

Medium

leather

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Charles Strohbeck, 1964