Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Woolley, Linda
2. Victoria and Albert Museum

Description

1. 128 p. : ill. (some col.); 21 cm.

Summary

1. "From very long pointed toes in the Middle Ages to exotic creations of the 1990s, the story of footwear is a lively and evocative reflection of styles, fashions and moments in history. In Henry VIII's time, for example, exaggerated shapes and wide toes mirrored the aggressive social climate, while engravings of Queen Victoria showed impossibly narrow slippers in pursuit of nineteenth-century ideals of daintiness." "Engravings, paintings and advertisements help to tell the story, and the specially commissioned photography reveals the glorious colours and styles in stunning detail."--Jacket.

Subject

1. Shoes -- History.
2. Shoes -- History.
3. Victoria and Albert Museum -- Catalogs.
4. Shoes -- Great Britain -- History.

Genre/Form

1. Catalogs
2. History

Contents

1. Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Medieval gothic and English renaissance -- Ch. 2. Heels, buckles and bows: the seventeenth century -- Ch. 3. Taste and elegance: 1700-1750 -- Ch 4. The revolutionary shoe: 1750-1795 -- Ch. 5. Classicism and romanticism: 1795 to the mid-1830s -- Ch. 6. Shopping for shoes: 1700-1835 -- Ch. 7. Towards the modern age: 1837-1914 -- Ch. 8. Austerity and glamour: 1914-1939 -- Ch. 9. Forty years of innovation: 1939-1979 -- Ch. 10. Shaping the future: 1980-1998 -- Glossary -- Major UK dress collections featuring shoes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Language

1. English

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain