Shoes

Designer Albion Italian

Not on view

The Osgood collection comprises 179 objects, chiefly fashionable Italian-made women's shoes dating from the years 1954 to 1958. The shoes were collected by Charline Osgood, Director of the Kid Leather Guild, a trade organization of American kid leather manufacturers. Highlighting the use of kid leather in footwear, the collection provides a fascinating and enticing view of high-style European shoe design from the period, representing many of the finest and most inventive Italian makers.
Ostensibly inspired by traditional Balkan footwear, this pair of flats interested Osgood for their general construction and repeated loop motif.

Shoes, Albion (Italian), leather, Italian

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Shoes, Albion (Italian), leather, Italian
Shoes, Albion (Italian), leather, Italian

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