Harder to sketch than it looked
circa 1863; American; leather
Sketch 069: White Leather Boot; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Miss Ida Lincoln Cooper, 1943
Leather Boot, Sketch 069
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Day Shoes, Sketch 068
Looks like something I’d wear
1840-1849; American; cotton, leather
Description from the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
While fancy evening shoes were saved in abundance, surviving day shoes are relatively scarce. The leather tip and foxing of these tie shoes was a common style for daywear in the 1840s, and renders an otherwise flimsy and thin shoe more serviceable. The self-patterned cotton provides an interesting textural contrast with the leather. Neutral colors such as tan, brown, and the dull mauve seen here, were favored at the time.
Sketch 068: (Day) Shoes; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969
Silk Shoe, Sketch 067
Wonder what my shoes would look like if I created my own embroidery patterns
1720-1749; Silk; probably British
Description from the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Through most of the 18th century, fashionable ladies’ shoes were seldom made of plain fabrics. The majority were constructed with patterned fabric, whether self-figured, brocaded, or embroidered. It was not uncommon for a lady to embroider her own uppers and bring them to the shoemaker to be made up into shoes. By the last quarter of the 18th century, embroidery patterns for shoe vamps were being published in ladies magazines. This shoe in the classic shape of the period is a representative example of early 18th century domestic needlework in a popular Indian-inspired floral design. In some areas the embroidery has worn away, showing how the design was first drawn on the fabric in pencil.
Sketch 067: Silk Shoe; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Herman Delman, 1954
Baby Shoes, Sketch 066
Red Leather Baby Shoes; 1840-1849; American
Description from the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Owing to their diminutive cuteness and sentimental connection to purity and innocence, baby shoes survive in family collections in great number. Although arresting to modern eyes, the original strong color, perfectly preserved on this pair of shoes, was not particularly uncommon in the 19th century. It is precisely this quality of surprise to current expectations (along with the very good general condition) that make these shoes of interest in a museum context.
Sketch 066: Baby Shoes; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of The Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969
Sandals, Sketch 003
Sandals by Salvatore Ferragamo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I would have guessed they were from the 1960s, but no! 1938! Signore Ferragamo was ahead of his time. Or were the 60s a flashback?
Using an H pencil. I have no idea what I’m doing
View Sandals by Salvatore Ferragamo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sketch 003
Sandals from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Salvatore Ferragamo, 1973
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