Pair of woman's "slap-sole" shoes
1660s
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueLeather and silk brocade embroidered with gold and silver metal threads, applied metallic bobbin lace, silk lacing and tassels, and leather lining and sole
DimensionsOverall: 15.9 x 9.5 x 22.5 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Other (heel): 10.8cm (4 1/4in.)
Other (heel): 10.8cm (4 1/4in.)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number44.521a-b
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ProvenanceFormer Coll. Simonetti (Rome)
16th century
about 1670
late 18th or early 19th century
1550–1650
late 16th–early 17th century
1760–1770s
1715–75
early 17th century
late 19th century
1575–1625
1930s