2-701-149 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Illustration of a Shoe from "Das Schuhmuseum in der Mappe" [The Shoe Museum in a Portfolio], pub. 1939 (w/c on paper). Karl Friedrich Schoensiegel over the course of his life collated one of the most significant collections of shoes of the 20th century, from all countries and periods; this illustration shows a shoe in the style of a chopine and is taken from "Das Schuhmuseum in der Mappe" [The Shoe Museum in a Portfolio].