Cream Colored Shoes with Bows

Brief Item Record

Title: Cream Colored Shoes with Bows

Creator: J.B. Miller's Ladies' French Shoe Store

Description: Cream shoes with a cream bow on the toe of each shoe. The outer, including the bow, is silk satin, inside is both leather and linen, sole is leather. Components A and B are identical

Full Item Record

Dublin Core

Identifier

VC2015006

Title

Cream Colored Shoes with Bows

Description

Cream shoes with a cream bow on the toe of each shoe. The outer, including the bow, is silk satin, inside is both leather and linen, sole is leather. Components A and B are identical

Subject

Clothing and dress

Extent

other measurements: left shoe (a): 9.25 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 1.75 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot); right shoe (b): 9.25 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 1.75 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot)

Type

Physical Object

Spatial Coverage

Rights

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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

Zofia Siwicka 2015-05-26; Mahalia Hunter

Color Main

Measurements Other

left shoe (a): 9.25 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 1.75 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot); right shoe (b): 9.25 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 1.75 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot)

All Measurements

other measurements: left shoe (a): 9.25 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 1.75 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot); right shoe (b): 9.25 inches (length), 1 inch (narrowest width of sole), 1.75 inches (widest width of heel), 2 inches (widest width of ball of foot)

Label

"J.B. MILLER'S/ Ladies/ FRENCH-SHOE/ STORE/ 134 Canal St./ N.Y." printed on sticker on inside of left shoe

Gender

Classification

costume
clothing

Category

Condition Term

fair

Condition Description

Both shoes have holes where the leather came off on the inside of the sole. There are also holes and tearing on the bottom of both shoes on the silk satin. Also there is staining on the inside and outside of both shoes.

Storage Location

A4

Work Type

Tags

Citation

J.B. Miller's Ladies' French Shoe Store, “Cream Colored Shoes with Bows,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/4516.