Boots

1895–1900

Not on view

Owing their style to prevailing taste in womenswear, this unusually elaborate pair of child's ankle boots features patterned fabric insertions set under a fancy serpentine cutout, highlighted with topstitching. Cutouts were an important trend in women's boots at the time, sometimes in very elaborate Art Nouveau motifs. The use of patterned woven fabric is also a notable contemporary element, as is the preference for dark colors. Within a few years, all of these elements would be distinctly unfashionable.

Artwork Details

Overview

Title: Boots
Date: 1895–1900
Culture: American
Medium: leather, cotton
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of The Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969
Object Number: 2009.300.3341a–d
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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