



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.
| Date | 1960s - 1970s |
| Created by | Rosina Ferragamo Schiavone, Italian |
| Subject of | Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007 |
| Medium | suede, leather, plastic, cotton yarn, nylon, and metal |
| Dimensions | L x W (each shoe): 10 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (26 × 7 × 11.4 cm) |
| Dimensions | L x W (heel only): 2 × 1 3/8 × 2 in. (5.1 × 3.5 × 5.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane |
| Object number | 2007.3.673ab |
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