Description
Up in the attic, beneath a moth-eaten shawl, Clémence found a trunk of dancing things: a painted fan, a ribbon of faded lace and a single slim boot with fine pinstripes running down its side. She sat cross-legged on the dusty floorboards and turned it over in her hands for a long time, imagining the young woman who had once laced it tight before a ball.
She pictured the ballroom it might have known, the gaslights, the waltzes, the polished floor and the quick flutter of a dance card. This porcelain boot carries that same graceful Victorian silhouette in miniature. Keep it in mind for someone who loves period dramas, a costume designer, a collector of shoe-shaped boxes, or a friend who can lose a whole Saturday in antique shops. Place it on a dressing table beside a hand mirror and a powder puff, or in a curio cabinet among lace, cameos and old photographs.
What makes it special
- Lady’s boot in the Victorian style, with a high, close-fitting shaft
- Fine pin-striped detailing running along its length
- Elegant, slender silhouette
- Hand-decorated porcelain from Limoges, France
- A graceful companion for other shoe-themed pieces in a collection
A little romance from another century, ready for its next dance. It pairs beautifully with an old-fashioned hand mirror or a string of pearls on a vanity.
