Shoes

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This shoe is part of a larger collection of objects excavated from an archaeological site on the Thames River in London, which provide an overview of fashionable shoe styles from the mid-fourteenth to the early sixteenth century. Intentional slashing and embossing of the leather were common decorative embellishments.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art