METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART SILVER BANDED SLINGBACK SHOE ORNAMENT 2010

First time taking out of original box for pictures purposes METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART SILVER BANDED SLINGBACK SHOE ORNAMENT 2010 Women's footwear has embraced more variations since 1900 than in the entire previous history of fashion. Balancing function and fantasy, the great designers of the twentieth century have created some of the most beautiful shoes ever made. The Metropolitan Museum's carefully detailed shoe ornaments capture the character and grace of actual shoes in the collection of the Museum's Costume Institute. The Museum's Silver Banded Slingback Shoe Ornament is based on an original pair of elegant kid sandals made in Italy between 1954-55. The ornament is hand-painted cast resin. Gift of Mademoiselle Shoe Co., 1958 (C.I.58.11.15a, b) Additional st tags: silver slingback shoe ornament, 1950s-inspired Italian design, kid sandals replica, hand-painted cast resin, Costume Institute collection, vintage elegance, collectible ornament, Metropolitan Museum gift item, perfect gift fo fashionable friend, BFF gift