Pair of Tango Shoes

Pair of Tango Shoes

Costa

1914/19

Accession Number

5283

Medium

Machine-made lace; backed with silk warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; silk, warp-float faced 15:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps foaming cut solid velvet ribbon wrap rhinestone and metal buckle's ribbon ties; silk warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; silk loops and plain weave edge; leather

Dimensions

a: 12.5 × 25.4 × 6.2 cm (5 × 10 × 2 1/2 in.); b: 12.3 × 25.4 × 6.1 cm (4 7/8 × 10 × 2 3/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Potter Palmer II