A Pair of Point Stitch Slippers for Men's Smoking Room - France Circa 1860

Circa 1775/1785 France Rare pair of Collectible and Simplicity shoes for lady dating from the French Louis XVI period. Wool and silk twill Bleu ...

Circa 1920/1930 France Pair of Charles IX evening satin pumps delicately piped with gold leather. Elegant line with buttoned straps. Two articulated bow ties on the vamp, edged with...

Circa 1935 England Rare pair of shoes in leather for collection signed François Pinet, famous luxury bootmaker in Paris and London and dating from the 1930s. These shoes were accompanied by a Bordeaux Haute Couture Dress by Nicole Groult...

Circa 1790-1800 France or Europe Elegant pair of burgundy leather Stiletto heel shoes dating from the late 18th century. Pointed toe vamp and small coil heel, typical of the fashion ...

Antique Red Moroccan Embroidered Leather and Velvet Slippers Shoes Circa 1900s. Antique late 19th century Moroccan Islamic gold thread embroidered lady's sh...

These dainty, pointed slippers, made of blue silk and embroidered with pink flowers, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity in the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These embroidered silk lotus slippers...

Vintage Moorish Turkish ethnic leather slippers with intricate gold embroideries pointed toe. Leather hand sewn and embroidered with colorful thread. Great pair of exotic ethnic flat...

These dainty, pointed slippers, made of cotton and silk embroidered with pink flowers, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity in the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These silk lotus slippers...