Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Navy and red suede pumps by Rosina Ferragamo Schiavone
1960s - 1970s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Navy and red suede pumps by Rosina Ferragamo Schiavone. The shoes feature a narrow, rounded toe and wide, low, heel. Plastic laces covered in navy suede are laced through three pairs of plastic eyelets at the top cap. The outside of the shoe is covered in navy blue suede and decorative top stitching with white, cotton yarn runs along the shoe topline. Both the vamp and the heel are layered in 1” strips of navy blue and red suede that are also edged in decorative white top stitching. Tan leather lines the front inner vamp and body of the shoe, while tan suede lines the interior heel. The inner sole is composed of one piece of tan leather. [F3260 8-S] is printed in black text at the proper right interior of the left shoe, and the proper left interior of the right shoe. The [3] is handwritten with a ballpoint pen.
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Catalog reference: 2007.3.673ab
