Pair of women's platform shoes (chopines)
1590–1610
Object PlaceVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniqueTooled leather over wood, with metallic braid
Dimensions30.2 x 16.2 x 24 cm (11 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number44.556a-b
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ProvenanceColl. Simonetti (Rome); by 1943, purchased by Elizabeth Day McCormick; gift to the MFA (January 1, 1944)
possibly mid-17th century
1610–20
1580s
1570s
early 17th century
1570s
Possibly late 16th century
1570s
17th century