Pair of Brown Lizard Shoes and Pocketbook
Unknown American, American
1953-1958
Pair of women's brown lizard shoes (a & b) with moderately high heel. Top edge of shoe is bound with narrow edge of brown grosgrain. The toe box has an overlapping v-shape. The lizard pocketbook (c) is square with a single handle and gold latch.
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Costume Shop, Drama Department, Dartmouth College
179.15.53A-C
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label inside shoe: "andrew gellar, exquisite footwear; Farr's"
Provenance
Transferred from the Drama Department Costume Shop to the Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries by Margaret Spicer in the late 1970s. These objects weren't catalogued until May 2011.
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