Gilda
Pair of Shoes

Designer
CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Pair of Shoes
Date1955
MediumWoven mesh
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Costume Institute Founders' Fund
Object number86.846.A,.B
Non exposé

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Provenance[Mrs. Sukie Tomass, England]; purchased by MFAH, 1986.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Dressed to Celebrate: Evening Wear in the Twentieth Century" February 23 - May 8, 1988

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1959
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1955
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1998
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