1916 shoe in orange and white Shoes and boots I finally found a happy

I finally found a happy hippo with a properly gigantic head in the 1895 book ‘Brehm's Life of Animals: A Complete Natural History for Popular Home Instruction and for the Use of Schools’

Based on Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 2009

Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Materials: Nepalese paper

1916 shoe in orange and white Shoes and boots I finally found a happyThese four button shoes are from an Edwardian design. Available in a variety of colours and papers, they feature sequins and glass beads. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey. Or shoes. Or Downton Abbey shoes. The original shoe, from ca. 1916, was manufactured by A. E. Little & Co. of Massachusetts and is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 1423). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour