Evening shoes
ca. 1895
Medium
Silk
Classification
Evening shoes
Culture
French
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Anonymous Gift, in memory of Mrs. John Roebling, 1970
Accession Number
2009.300.5754a, b
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegance of late 19th-century French with *Evening Shoes* by L. Perchel, crafted around 1895. These delicate silk slippers, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, the exquisite footwear designed for high-society soirées during the Belle Époque. from luxurious silk—a premium material symbolizing refinement and femininity—the shoes reflect the era's emphasis on opulent textures and intricate detailing in women's attire. In the 1890s, Paris was the epicenter of haute couture, where accessories like these elevated evening ensembles. Perchellet's design likely ...