But here's another thought--just a shot in the dark really--as to why they might have been "in the New World". In 1893, in Chicago, there was the Colombian Exhibition (Chicago World's Fair). It's not that far from Chicago to Missouri. According to one of the web sites, link below:

"Manufactured goods were displayed, with price tags for comparative shopping, next to exhibits which could roughly be categorized as being part of the humanities. Remington typewriters and Tiffany & Co. stained glass were under the same exhibition roof with the University of Chicago's 70-ton Yerkes telescope and Bach's clavichord. Goods pavilions, which contained everything from clothes to phonographs, were erected within the building by America, Germany, Austria, China, Japan, France, Russia, and England. Furniture from the palace of the King of Bavaria was displayed, as was the manuscript of Lincoln's Inaugural address and Mozart's spinet. This was the most eclectic of exhibits, combining goods for sale with items of historical and artistic interest. "

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/WCE/tour.html

http://users.vnet.net/schulman/Columbian/exhibits.html#TOP

There could be a lead here (maybe a dead end, not sure) for a fee, but a research query might prove fruitful:

http://www.the-forum.com/collect/pgwf93.htm

These folks have some ephemera from the 1893 Fair. Maybe you could query there:

http://www.lib.umd.edu/ARCH/inventory.html

Since the Field Museum is one of the few remaining buildings from the 1893 Fair, I'm wondering if you might not find a lead there.

Other potential leads:

http://cgi.ebay.com/WOMANS-BUILDING-CHICAGO-EXPO-1893-COMPLETE-HISTORY_W0QQitemZ140166847065QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4164QQcmdZViewItem

Jill Keehner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Shari:

Just wanted to say, looks like I was wrong.. the 1889 World's Fair was in Paris...

Jill Keehner

"Faber, Shari L (UMC-Student)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The exhibition in 1889-90 is the earliest reference I have as to where they came from originally. I figured it would be a good starting point to see if the museum which displayed them in that show had any other information as to where they came from, who owned them, approximately what year they were made, etc. And if not, it would be interesting at least to know where they were shown in order to update the museum record.

The Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri, where the shoes are currently, has little information other than an approximate date and the fact that the shoes were in an exhibition somewhere in London in 1889 with the registration #174.1.

I have a book cataloging a Tudor show from London in 1890 from the New Gallery on Regent Street. However, the accession numbers don't match up. I'm wondering if perhaps there's another exhibition from that year at another gallery somewhere in London.

--Shari Faber

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Hi Shari,

What exactly is your interest in these shoes? How they were displayed in
1889-90, or are you interested in their provenance before then and the
display you mention is simply the earliest reference point you have? This
may help us to direct your search more specifically.

Kind Regards,

Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Faber, Shari L (UMC-Student)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:07 PM
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Tudor Exhibition 1889-90

Hello Everyone,

I'm currently a graduate student at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
I'm working on an object, a pair of Tudor shoes (or at least that's what
they're cataloged as), that are currently at the Museum of Art and
Archaeology here. According to the file, they were on display in 1889-90. I
believe the exhibit was at the British museum from newspaper articles that I
have found, but I'm not positive. The file for the shoes simply says
"London". Does anyone know where I could find records of shows in London
from the late 19th Century?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--Shari Faber
Art History & Archaeology
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