1831-1840ish
Men’s Footwear
- Leather boots, sometimes with toe caps
- Stirrup under foot
- Evening pumps with low-cut vamps
- Thin soles
- Possible trimmings might have included bows, silk linings
Women’s Footwear
- Boots, boots, and more boots; cloth, sable, silk, black velvet, short front
- Square or round toes
- Satin evening shoes, often with long silk ribbons
- Flat pumps
- Silk shoes with tiny heels
- Heelless leather soles
- Trimmings may include bows, rosettes, ribbons
Resources
- “Https://Tessa.Lapl.Org/C03,” n.d. https://tessa.lapl.org/c03.
- Peacock, John. Shoes: The Complete Sourcebook, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1604/9780500512128.
- Peacock, John. Costume 1066 to the Present 3e: A Complete Guide to English Costume Design and History, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1604/9780500286029.
- Cunnington, C. Willett. English Women’s Clothing in the Nineteenth Century. Mineola, New York, United States: Dover, 1990.
- “Men’s Wear 1830-1849, Plate 017,” n.d. https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/6747.
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