Made by Costa (French, active c. 1914-1919)
Paris
Pair of Tango Shoes
INV-5283
Made by Costa (French, active c. 1914-1919)
Paris1914/19
Pair of Tango Shoes
Made by Costa (French, active c. 1914-1919) Paris →textileshoes - misc
Date
1914/19
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Potter Palmer II