在 19 世纪上半叶，平底女鞋和靴子很流行，但到 1870 年代，穆勒鞋和高跟拖鞋已成为一种流行风格。 刺绣、串珠、丝带和帆布工作是这一时期幸存的鞋子上经常出现的技术。这个精致的法国例子的丰富色彩证明了十九世纪下半叶苯胺染料的广泛使用。

In the first half of the nineteenth century, women's shoes and boots with flat soles were fashionable, but mules and slippers with heels had returned as a popular style by the 1870s. Embroidery, beading, ribbon- and canvas work are techniques that frequently appear on surviving shoes from this period. The rich colors of this exquisite French example attest to the widespread use of aniline dyes by the second half of the nineteenth century.