Spring Fever: Floral Shoes!

Okay, so maybe it blew a gale and was a bit nippy today, but on the whole it's been quite lovely here in Nevada, which has put me in mind of gardening. I'm a terrible gardener - I do try, though! - and since it was bad weather today, how about admiring some beautiful bloom-inspired shoes from history?

Museum of Applied Arts, 18th century (German)

MFA, 1780-85

LACMA, 1760s

Bata Shoe Museum (blog), 1780s-1790s

Eleanor Meriwether (blog), gaiter boots, c. 1840s

The Met, early 1840s

LACMA, 1849 - aren't these ADORBS!?

The Met, 19th century

Whitaker Auctions, 1870s

Manchester City Gallery, 1880s

The Met, 1891

LACMA, 1914-17

Vintage Textile, 1925

There are gobs and gobs more, of course - to find these and more floral shoes (and just more historical shoes in general), follow my "Shoes" boards on Pinterest.