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Pair of woman's buckle shoes
Worn by: Mehetable Stoddard (Hyslop) (American, 1719–1792)
English, worn in America
about 1770
Place of Manufacture: England; Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with supplementary patterning weft, silk plain weave ribbon and lining, linen plain weave lining, leather
Dimensions
12.5 x 8 x 24.2 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession Number49.1007a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWoman's buckle shoe with yellow ribbed silk upper and heel; silk brocaded with purple, white, blue, and black pomegranate motifs at toe, pink and red floral sprig on back of heel; latchets cross over square tongue with bright pink silk lining; lapped side seams, closed backseams; yellow silk binding at edges and over backseams; Louis heel with wood interior; leather soles with row of stitching where sole meets heel; plain linen lining with various markings; leather insoles.
InscriptionsWritten in ink inside on linen lining at back near heel: "IW/ Brocaded Silk" and "MR" [in a different hand]
Written in ink inside on lining of instep: "JH 5/36"
Written in ink on leather insole at back ner heel: "MC"
Written in ink inside on lining of instep: "JH 5/36"
Written in ink on leather insole at back ner heel: "MC"
ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA, 1949