Chopine

about 1610

Object PlaceVenice, Italy

Medium/TechniqueTooled goat leather with silk cording; wooden stilt

Dimensions23.3 x 14 x 22 cm (9 3/16 x 5 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)

Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection

Accession number44.555

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ClassificationsCostumes

Collections

ProvenanceColl. Simonetti (Rome); by 1943, purchased by Elizabeth Day McCormick; gift to the MFA (January 1, 1944)

17th century

about 1600

Arnold Scaasi

Spring/Summer 1986

Biba

early 1970s

early 17th century

possibly mid-17th century

1610–20

1605–10

1610–20

1570s

1570s

Possibly late 16th century