1760s shoe in turquoise and gold Catalogue Based on Metropolitan Museum of

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession C

The chanterelles are based on an illustration from the 1911 The Americana

Materials: Chiyogami and other Japanese papers

an evening dress by ‘Thurn’ of New York and Paris from 1920-1925

1760s shoe in turquoise and gold Catalogue Based on Metropolitan Museum ofThis elegant woman's shoe is based on a design from the 1760s; the originals were of painted kid leather. Mine features a buckle in metallic paper, embellished with tiny acrylic rhinestones, each one carefully stitched on by hand. The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A 1891). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any