Slippers
An attractive design employing a light colored cotton upper with a boldly contrasting leather tip detailed in white chain stitching highlights these demure slippers. This style remained fashionable for some time; although seen here with a rounded point toe and wedge heel, another example from the collection (2009.300.1473a, b) features the sharply pointed toe and tiny waisted heel of the previous two decades. The heel, nicely repeating the leather of the tip, shows the gradual transition to the completely flat styles which appeared by the end of the 1810s.
Artwork Details
- Title: Slippers
- Date: ca. 1812
- Culture: probably British
- Medium: cotton, leather, silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Herman Delman, 1954
- Object Number: 2009.300.1466a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
British
ca. 1870
British
ca. 1833
Marsh
1845–65
Wrigglesworth
1845–65
Juan Serra
1885–95
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.