1851-1860ish
Men’s Footwear
- Leather soles
- Round, square, and pointed toes
- Medium stacked heels
- Leather uppers halves, with fabric tops
- Could have button fastenings, elastic gussets, ribbon laces
Women’s Footwear
- Mostly pointed toes now
- Heeled shoes and boots
- Boots usually had elastic gussets or laced
- Evening shoes of stuff or taffeta
- Elastic sides or laced
- Bows, strings, buttons, rosettes, velvet ribbon
Resources
- 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.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Evening Shoes | British | The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” n.d. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/112832.
- “Men’s Wear 1850-1859, Plate 054,” n.d. https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/2527.
- “Women 1852, Plate 015,” n.d. https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/4248/rec/15.
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