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
Rights
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Rights Holder
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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
Holding Institution
Work Type
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.