Antique Victorian Women’s Shoe - John Wanamaker Catalog Illustration #142223 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white engraving depicts a late-Victorian women’s high-heeled shoe from the John Wanamaker department store catalog, circa 1890-1900. The shoe features a sharply pointed toe, a low block heel, delicate ribbon bow at the instep, and embroidered floral motifs along the vamp and throatline. Fine cross-hatching renders leather texture and highlights the refined silhouette favored by fashionable urban women of the era.

Used in historical fashion articles, museum digital archives, or vintage retail blogs to illustrate late 19th-century women’s footwear design; matches user intent for research, costume recreation, or antique collecting.