Bridal Footwear 1740s – 1999
1740s, American.
Gift of Eleanor M. Bissell to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1748, British
Given by the executors of the late Miss Laura H Bodcock to the V&A.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1786, British
Gift of Miss Joan Sutphen, 1946 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1808, American.
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Helen Stevens Wright, 1945.
No Copyright CC0 1.0
1812, American.
Gift of Miss Mary Ellen Jones, 1946 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1819, American.
Gift of Miss Grace O. Clarke, 1925 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1835, American.
Gift of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This file is in the public domain because it has been released by LACMA.
1840 (February), British
Queen Victoria's wedding shoes.
Northampton Museum.
Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
1844, American (1 of 2)
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. E. C. Ward, 1924.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1844, American (2 of 2)
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. E. C. Ward, 1924.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1849, American wedding trousseau slippers. Silk satin, sueded leather, embroidery,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dorothy M. Dixon.
In the public domain because it has been released by LACMA.
1856, American.
Gift of Mrs. Albert E. Peirce, 1943 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1857, probably French.
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Margaret King Eddy, 1968.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1860, American.
Gift of The Misses Mary L. and Katherine Gardner, 1958 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1864.
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James B. Campbell, 1971.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1865, American.
Gift of Miss A. Gladys Peck, 1947 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1865, British.
Bequeathed by Miss H. G. Bright to the V&A.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1870, probably American.
Gift of Mrs. J. C. Fjerdingstad to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This file is in the public domain because it has been released by LACMA.
1871, Missouri, USA
Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
1871, Belgian.
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Marion Litchfield, 1950.
No Copyright CC0 1.0
1872, American.
Gift of Mrs. George W. Heller, 1939 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1873, American.
Gift of Margaret and Ruth Blossom, 1953 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
No Copyright CC0 1.0
1875, American or European.
Gift of Mrs. George W. Heller, 1939 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
No Copyright CC0 1.0
1875, American.
Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Kaiser to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This file is in the public domain because it has been released by LACMA.
1875, American.
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James McF. Baker, 1948.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1875, American.
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Bruce F. E. Harvey, 1958.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1880, American or European.
Gift of Mrs. Albert E. Peirce, 1944 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1880, American.
Gift of Mrs. H. Lyman Hooker, 1936 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1882, Canadian.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lapthorn Smith to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This file is in the public domain because it has been released by LACMA.
1883, American.
Gift of Mr. George Washington Glick, 1945 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1886, British.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1889, American.
Gift of Mrs. Virginia Pierce Dalgado-Orth and Mrs. Violet Johnston Hill, 1946 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain.
1890, American.
Gift of Margie and Charles F. Forbes, Jr. to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This file is in the public domain because it has been released by LACMA.
1894, American.
Gift of Mrs. Edwin Sturtevant Steese, 1957 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain
1895, American.
Gift of Mrs. George Stone to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This file is in the public domain because it has been released by LACMA.
1903, British.
Given by Mrs Charles Martin Hardie to the V&A. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1912, Missouri, USA.
Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
1914, Switzerland. Maker: Bally.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1914, British. Creator Peter Robinson Ltd.
Given by Mrs B. Rackow to the V&A. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1926, British. Made by Rayne.
Given by Mrs A. Kay to the V&A. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1934-1935, Manila.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1935, British. Made by Jack Jacobus Ltd.
Given by Hilary Lyme Murdock to V&A. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1947 to 1949, Dutch.
From the collection of the Rotterdam Museum. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.
1951, Italian
Used with permission of Rosa Rucco.
1969, Italian
Designer: Dal Co', ©Jean Muir.
Given by Lady Pamela Harlech to the V&A. Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum.
1987, British
Designer: Patrick Cox.
Given by Francesca Oddi to the V&A. Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum.
1989, British
Designer: Hanna Goldman for Ian and Marcel.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1993, French. By Sidonie Larizzi for Christian Lacroix.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1996, British. Designer: Claire Norwood.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1996, British. Designer: Diane Hassall.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1997, British. Designer: Joseph Azagury.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.