Cream Silk Satin Shoes

Brief Item Record

Title: Cream Silk Satin Shoes

Creator: Viault-Esté Paris, Thierry & Sons

Description: Cream colored shoes/slippers with a silk and lace ribbon on toe. Silk satin exterior, silk satin and lace trim bow on top, leather and linen interior, leather sole. Component A and B are identical.

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2015005

Title

Cream Silk Satin Shoes

Description

Cream colored shoes/slippers with a silk and lace ribbon on toe. Silk satin exterior, silk satin and lace trim bow on top, leather and linen interior, leather sole. Component A and B are identical.

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

other measurements: left shoe (a): 9 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 2 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot); right shoe (b): 9 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 2 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot)

Type

Physical Object

Spatial Coverage

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Rights Holder

© Vassar College Costume Collection. Images in this collection may be used for teaching, classroom presentation, and research purposes only. For other reuse, reproduction and publication of these images, contact costumeshop@vassar.edu.

Costume Item Type Metadata

Cataloguer with Date

Holly Hummel & Zofia Siwicka 2015-05-26; Mahalia Hunter 2020-10-19

Color Main

Closure

Measurements Other

left shoe (a): 9 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 2 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot); right shoe (b): 9 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 2 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot)

All Measurements

other measurements: left shoe (a): 9 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 2 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot); right shoe (b): 9 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 2 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot)

Label

"CHAUSSEURES pour DAMES/ VIAULT - ESTÉ/ RUE de la Paix, 17/ PARIS./ and at/ THIERRY & SONS/ 278 Regent Street/ LONDON" on a sticker inside the right shoe

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Condition Term

fair

Condition Description

On both shows there is a large tear in the silk on the heel and along the sides on the bottom of the shows. On the left shoe there are also holes on the bottom of the shoe. Both shoes have staining on top of the shoes where the cream satin is.

Storage Location

A4

Work Type

Tags

Citation

Viault-Esté Paris and Thierry & Sons, “Cream Silk Satin Shoes,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed July 4, 2024, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/4515.