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Slippers

Department Store Rosenbloom's American
ca. 1892
Not on view
The so-called "Juliet" (or its masculine incarnation, the "Romeo") with high front and back and low V at the sides, introduced in the early 1890s, was a one of the standard slipper cuts at the turn of the 19th century. This early example in red kid features long curving points which have been exaggerated to a comical extent. The whimsical design and loose fit indicate that this was intended as a domestic slipper. An almost identical example is preserved in the Peabody Essex Museum (cat#134,743).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Slippers
  • Department Store: Rosenbloom's
  • Date: ca. 1892
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: leather
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Charlene Osgood, 1965
  • Object Number: 2009.300.1555a, b
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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