Dinner or Evening Shoes, Paris, Au Bon Marché, ca. 1904
Gold coloured beaded brown leather dinner or evening shoes. Pale blue silk insole with the label “Made in Paris * The Bon Marché * Basnett St * Liverpool”. Two button strap shoes. Shoes with multiple straps had been favored in the 1880s, and appeared periodically thereafter. Their apogee, however, was the second half of the 1900s, when the length of fashionable skirts shortened, increasing the attention to the feet and, correspondingly, to the design of shoes and stockings. Excellent condition. 2-3 beads are missing. You’ll barely notice. The decoration is not included.
