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inspiringdresses: Evening dress, 1805-10 UK (probably), the Met Museum Click for more

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Evening dress, 1805-10 UK (probably), the Met Museum

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Shoes, 1800’s-1820’s England, the V&A Museum Slippers like these were relatively cheap to produce and the middle or upper-class ladies who wore them might purchase several pairs at a time to wear over the course of a few weeks or months. This was not necessarily because they required a different pair for each outfit but rather because the lightweight soles and silk uppers of these elegant shoes were not very durable. The square toe and throat style of ladies’ slippers or ‘sandle shoes’ was popular from the 1820s, when it began to eclipse the earlier pointed toe and curved throat style which first came about in the 1790s. Ribbons to tie round the ankles and bows attached at the throat at the front of the shoe were a feature of this type of shoe throughout.

Shoes, 1800’s-1820’s England, the V&A Museum

Slippers like these were relatively cheap to produce and the middle or upper-class ladies who wore them might purchase several pairs at a time to wear over the course of a few weeks or months. This was not necessarily because they required a different pair for each outfit but rather because the lightweight soles and silk uppers of these elegant shoes were not very durable.

The square toe and throat style of ladies’ slippers or ‘sandle shoes’ was popular from the 1820s, when it began to eclipse the earlier pointed toe and curved throat style which first came about in the 1790s. Ribbons to tie round the ankles and bows attached at the throat at the front of the shoe were a feature of this type of shoe throughout.

Evening dress, ca 1810 France, Les Arts Décoratifs

Evening dress, ca 1810 France, Les Arts Décoratifs

Dress, 1805-10 France, Les Arts Décoratifs

Dress, 1805-10 France, Les Arts Décoratifs

Shoes worn by Juliette Récamier, 1799-1815 France, Les Arts Décoratifs

Shoes worn by Juliette Récamier, 1799-1815 France, Les Arts Décoratifs

Boots worn by Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples, 1810 France (worn in Italy?), Les Arts Décoratifs

Boots worn by Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples, 1810 France (worn in Italy?), Les Arts Décoratifs

Morning dress, 1815 UK, Ackermann’s Repository

Morning dress, 1815 UK, Ackermann’s Repository

Junge Dame mit Zeichengerät by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, 1816 Germany, Galerie Neue Meister (Dresden) I love the color of her shoes

Junge Dame mit Zeichengerät by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, 1816 Germany, Galerie Neue Meister (Dresden)

I love the color of her shoes

Portrait of Aleksei and Aleksandry Lobanov-Rostovsky by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1814 Russia, the Russian Museum

Portrait of Aleksei and Aleksandry Lobanov-Rostovsky by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1814 Russia, the Russian Museum

“A Lady of Hindoostan”, 1800’s-1810’s London Hindoostan or Hindustan are alternative names for India, particularly northern India.

“A Lady of Hindoostan”, 1800’s-1810’s London

Hindoostan or Hindustan are alternative names for India, particularly northern India.

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