On View
Not on viewballet slippers
Artist
Capezio
Dateca. 1941
Dimensions7.62 × 6.35 × 25.4 cm (3 × 2 1/2 × 10 in.)
MarkingsLabel: "Teknik ballet / Patent No. 1872641 / Capezio / NEW YORK-BOSTON-CHICAGO / SAN FRANCISCO-LOS ANGELES-HOLLYWOOD" Each shoe stamped on right interior side: "8 A"
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ward Willett (1995)
Object number1995.22B
DescriptionPair of white leather ballet slippers (a and b). Rounded toe, no heel. Gathered white satin at instep. Both shoes stamped at right interior edge with size: "8A". Both shoes marked on the insole with blue maker's mark.