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Item Number: 105190Title: On A Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroque Heels
Author: Semmelhack, Elizabeth
Price: $22.50 Original Price: $37.50
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Description: Toronto: Bata Shoe Museum, 2009. 26cm., pbk., 115pp., 77 color illus. From the museum's website: The exhibition explores two of the most extreme forms of footwear ever worn in Western fashion, the outrageous platform chopine and its eventual replacement, the high heel. On a Pedestal offers visitors a once in a lifetime opportunity to see exceptionally rare examples of Renaissance and Baroque footwear on loan from numerous renowned International museums including: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Museo Bardini, Florence; Castello Sforzesco, Milan; Livrustkammaren and Skoklosters Slott, both Stockholm; Museo Palazzo Mocenigo and Museo Correr, both Venice; Ambras Castle, Austria; Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston and Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto as well as shoes from the Bata Shoe Museum’s own collection.
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