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The Osgood collection comprises 179 objects, chiefly fashionable Italian-made women's shoes dating from the years 1954 to 1958. The shoes were collected by Charline Osgood, Director of the Kid Leather Guild, a trade organization of American kid leather manufacturers. Highlighting the use of kid leather in footwear, the collection provides a fascinating and enticing view of high-style European shoe design from the period, representing many of the finest and most inventive Italian makers.
The beauty in this pair of shoes stems largely from the rare and exotic leather. The sea leopard is a fish found in the waters of northern Europe. The skin was first used in the 1920s but fell out of production in during World War II. Sea-leopard had reappeared on the market by 1954, available both in the natural yellow-beige and dyed in a range of bright colors.