1916 shoe in turquoise and black Bison with little tiny heads

with little tiny heads

I finally found a happy hippo with a properly gigantic head in the 1895 book ‘Brehm's Life of Animals: A Complete Natural History for Popular Home Instruction and for the Use of Schools’

It was surprisingly difficult to find a historic illustration of a raccoon that looked right

glass beads form the shoulder straps

After a great deal of thought about how to best portray the way the underskirt was visible below and from behind the split front panel

1916 shoe in turquoise and black Bison with little tiny headsThese four button shoes are from an Edwardian design. Available in a variety of colours and papers, they feature sequins and glass beads. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey. Or shoes. Or Downton Abbey shoes. The original shoe, from ca. 1916, was manufactured by A. E. Little & Co. of Massachusetts and is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 1423). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour