PLATE XVI. LADIES DRESS SHOES.
Plate XVI. Ladies Dress Shoes.
Lithographs printed in color, 1900.
Paper size 17 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches (44.13 x 28.26 cm).
Good condition and color, save for a small repaired tear in the left margin. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 97514
Price: SOLD Publisher : Edinburgh: David Douglas. From "Ladies Dress Shoes of the Nineteenth Century with sixty-three illustrations" by T. Watson Greig of Glencarse.
Text for plate XVI:
"The first shoe on this plate belonged to and was worn by Miss Christine Nilsson in "Lohengrin." It is of cloth of gold, and testifies that the great singer does not neglect, in her superior charm of voice, the additional charm of dress. . . "
Metallic ink accents. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Trades And Industries , Fashion