Shoes

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The decorative motif of stripe-like allover braid application is well represented by this pair of shoes dating from the end of its fashionable period, which lasted for about 100 years beginning in the mid-1600s. While contrasting colors had been common in the 17th and early 18th centuries, later examples of this type of ornamentation are usually monochrome. The braid is worked in an attractive star design on tongue, despite the fact that this would have been covered by the buckled latchets when worn.

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