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Pair of Evening Shoes
Also titled Paar avondschoenen
c. 1950 - c. 1952
- Medium
- leather, crêpe de Chine
- Classification
- womenswear
- Dimensions
- length 24.5 cm x width 7.5 cm x height 11 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of G.A. Brusse-Urtebise, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
For evening events women wore slingback-style shoes. They were often covered with fabric rather than leather. This pair of shoes completed an ensemble consisting of a cocktail dress with a tie belt and a large folding fan. The delicate straps once tore out at the instep. Because textile is easier to sew back together than leather, only the upper layer, made of silk fabric, was repaired.
