Navy and red suede pumps by Rosina Ferragamo Schiavone
date: label: Date
content: 1960s - 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Rosina Ferragamo Schiavone, Italian
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Navy and red suede pumps by Rosina Ferragamo Schiavone. The shoes feature a narrow, rounded toe and wide, low, heel. Plastic laces covered in navy suede are laced through three pairs of plastic eyelets at the top cap. The outside of the shoe is covered in navy blue suede and decorative top stitching with white, cotton yarn runs along the shoe topline. Both the vamp and the heel are layered in 1” strips of navy blue and red suede that are also edged in decorative white top stitching. Tan leather lines the front inner vamp and body of the shoe, while tan suede lines the interior heel. The inner sole is composed of one piece of tan leather. [F3260 8-S] is printed in black text at the proper right interior of the left shoe, and the proper left interior of the right shoe. The [3] is handwritten with a ballpoint pen. The brand name [ROSINA FERRAGAMO SCHIAVONE] in gold script at the inside heel. One piece of tan leather covers the outer sole. A single metal toe tap is fastened to the underside of each toe cap. [MADE IN FLORENCE, ITALY] is printed on the outer sole in dark brown script. A black nylon heel cap covers the heel. [BILTRITE NYLON] is engraved into the heel cap.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.673ab
objectType: label: Type
content: pumps (shoes)
label: Type
content: shoes (footwear)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: suede, leather, plastic, cotton yarn, nylon, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (each shoe): 10 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (26 × 7 × 11.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (heel only): 2 × 1 3/8 × 2 in. (5.1 × 3.5 × 5.1 cm)