1916 shoe in turquoise and black Bison The three-banded armadillo can roll

The three-banded armadillo can roll up into a ball when threatened

I finally found a happy hippo with a properly gigantic head in the 1895 book ‘Brehm's Life of Animals: A Complete Natural History for Popular Home Instruction and for the Use of Schools’

and held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

glass beads form the shoulder straps

1916 shoe in turquoise and black Bison The three-banded armadillo can rollThese four button shoes are from an Edwardian design. Available in a variety of colours and papers, they feature sequins and glass beads. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey. Or shoes. Or Downton Abbey shoes. The original shoe, from ca. 1916, was manufactured by A. E. Little & Co. of Massachusetts and is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 1423). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour