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Instead simple flat satin slippers or 'sandals' with a bow or rosette at the throat and ribbons or elastic loops to fasten them round the ankle were all the rage.  However, by the 1850's the heel had begun to make a comeback.  \r\n\r\nThis elegant pair of blue and white low-heeled shoes illustrates how the sandal form evolved.  The satin upper with square toe and throat, decorative rosette and elastic ties are all features reminiscent of the dainty flat shoes of the early nineteenth century.  However, with the addition of a small heel and some striped decoration the form is updated to something more in keeping with modern tastes.","physicalDescription":"Pair of women's court shoes, white silk satin pumps with with single rear seam at heel; vamp decorated with strips of blue satin ribbon, large blue and white silk ribbon rosette at throat; edges bound with blue silk; loops of elastic attached to edges just back from throat; small blue satin covered heel and brown leather sole; cream leather insole and quarter lining, cream coarse linen lining to vamp.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Latham","id":"A19411"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk satin","id":"x33509"},{"text":"ribbons","id":"AAT14668"},{"text":"elastic","id":"x29976"}],"techniques":[{"text":"shoe-making","id":"x40339"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silk satin with rosettes, ribbons and elastic sewn with cotton thread","categories":[{"text":"Footwear","id":"THES48951"},{"text":"Accessories","id":"THES48998"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2015HP8947","2015HP8946","2006AW2421","2006AL5048","2014HB3927"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CB012","id":"THES387088"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"CB012","id":"THES387088"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Shoe","id":""}],[{"text":"Shoe","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"sold","id":"x34778"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1855-1865","earliest":"1855-01-01","latest":"1865-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"MA/1/H926","id":"ARC163180"},"association":"Archive record"}],"creditLine":"Given by Messrs Harrods Ltd.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"23.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"each shoe","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"each shoe","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"8.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"each shoe","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Left shoe inscribed in black ink on inner side of leather lining, '6438'.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"These were part of a very large collection of items of dress and accessories which was given to the Museum by Harrods, the department store, in 1913. The collection had been formed by the artist Talbot Hughes, who wrote a book on the history of dress, illustrated with photographs of models wearing items from his collection. A large firm in America had offered to buy the collection and present it to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, but Hughes did not want it to go abroad. At the suggestion of Cecil Harcourt Smith of the V&A, Harrods bought it for £2,500 and gave it to the Museum for the 'public good'. 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