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Slippers

Department Store J. Staton British
1795–1805
Not on view
A particularly fine example of the stencil-printed leather, extremely pointed toe, and low heel popular around 1800, these slippers would have served to enliven a plain dress. Yellow and black was a much favored color scheme for stencil-printed shoes. This design has an interesting optical effect of yellow mesh over a black ground.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Slippers
  • Department Store: J. Staton (British)
  • Date: 1795–1805
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: leather
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Sterling Peters, 1924
  • Object Number: 2009.300.1404a, b
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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