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Evening slippers

Evening slippers. Culture: probably American. Date: 1835-45. In the first three decades of the 19th century, evening slippers were often worn in both bright and pastel colors. As tastes changed and skirts lengthened to obscure the feet, less attention fell on footwear and black and white satin slippers became predominant. The grass green of this pair of shoes was one of the few bright colors which persisted for evening wear into the 1840s, albeit a distant third behind white and black judging from surviving examples and accounts. Although this basic form remained the standard evening slipper for over fifty years, one can see the distinctive wide square toe commonly worn around 1840 in this example.
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Title: Evening slippers
Caption: Evening slippers. Culture: probably American. Date: 1835-45. In the first three decades of the 19th century, evening slippers were often worn in both bright and pastel colors. As tastes changed and skirts lengthened to obscure the feet, less attention fell on footwear and black and white satin slippers became predominant. The grass green of this pair of shoes was one of the few bright colors which persisted for evening wear into the 1840s, albeit a distant third behind white and black judging from surviving examples and accounts. Although this basic form remained the standard evening slipper for over fifty years, one can see the distinctive wide square toe commonly worn around 1840 in this example.
Technique/material: SILK
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 4400 × 2417 px | 30.4 MB
Print size: 37.3 × 20.5 cm | 1732.3 × 951.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: BROOKLYN MUSEUM COSTUME COLLECTION • COSTUME INSTITUTE • COSTUME • FOOTWEAR • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA • SHOE • SHOES • SILK • SLIPPERS • TEXTILES: SILK • UNITED STATES