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Chopine
Italian (Venetian)
about 1610
Object Place: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Tooled goat leather with silk cording; wooden stilt
Dimensions
23.3 x 14 x 22 cm (9 3/16 x 5 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.555
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionStamped brown leather vamp with decorative motif, three slashes at toe, blue silk binding along top. Round toe. Wood chopine covered with brown leather, blue silk (?) tape over open front and back seams. No sole. Stamped brown leather insole with diamonds and dots, leather lining.
ProvenanceColl. Simonetti (Rome); by 1943, purchased by Elizabeth Day McCormick; gift to the MFA (January 1, 1944)