Shoes

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These high quality baby shoes borrow a style of bow from fashionable women's shoes of the period. Children's styles frequently display elements derived from adult fashion, and this variety of tiered bow with puffed "ears" was frequently seen on ladies evening shoes of the 1880s. Although they have discolored over time, the shoes were originally a bright pink.

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