Blue figured silk upper with blue and white silk and gilt-silver brocading yarns in "bizarre" floral motif; lappets cross over high round tongue (no buckle); open backseam; gilt-silver and yellow silk lace trim on tongue. Latchets quarter; blue silk ruching and binding on tongue, binding on...
Provenance
Former Coll. Simonetti (Rome).
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
European (Possibly Italian), 1760–1770s
Object Place
Italy, possibly
Dimensions
21 x 7.7 x 14 cm (8 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
44.488a-b
Medium or Technique
Silk brocade with silk and gilt metal thread, gilt metal lace, silk binding tape, leather lining and inner sole