Shoes
Unknown Artist
late 19th century
Medium
[no medium available]
Classification
Shoes
Culture
British
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Thorne Samuel, 1964
Accession Number
C.I.X.64.2.1a, b
Art Historical Context
### Shoes, Late 19th CenturyStep into the elegant world of Victorian-era Britain with these intriguing *Shoes* from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. Crafted by an unknown artist in the late 19th century, British pair captures the refined craftsmanship of a time when footwear was both functional and a subtle marker of social standing. During the late Victorian period, shoes evolved with industrial advances, blending hand-sewn details with emerging mass production techniques, reflecting Britain's booming textile and leather industries. Though the exact medium remains unspecif...