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Shoe Reliquary

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Shoe Reliquary

Date:: ca. 1350–1400
Culture:: French or Swiss
Medium:: Leather and Iron
Dimensions:: H: 5 1/4" W: 11 1/4" D: 4 5/8" (13.3 x 28.6 x 11.7cm)
Classification:: Leatherwork
Credit Line:: The Cloisters Collection, 1947
Accession Number:: 47.101.65

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 010

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Arms: (on 4 shields on top and back section) unidentified
Provenance

[ Nicolas Brimo , Paris (sold 1933)] ; [ Brummer Gallery , Paris and New York (1933 - sold 1947) ]
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What
Metal (59,587)

Iron and iron alloy (6,971)

Leather (5,941)

Iron (3,762)

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Where
Europe (150,013)

France (49,321)
In the Museum
The Cloisters (2,300)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1000–1400 A.D.

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