Many decorators put a foot into their work  A realistic replica
of a full-size foot in a sandal seems like a strange choice of
ornament for the average home. But feet and shoes have been
popular ornaments for centuries. The foot of an ancient black
man wearing a two-strap gold sandal was made by the modern
artist Piero Fornasetti to be placed on a table in a modern
house. The 3½-by-9-inch foot is life-size.  A 19th-century
bronze candleholder was made in the shape of a foot in a sandal
with an extended large toe topped by a cup to hold a candle. One
20th-century advertisement for a foot powder was a plaster
replica of an oversized bare foot. A wooden bare foot, a little
smaller than life size, was carved by a 1920s folk artist as a
gift for his podiatrist; it was to be used as a paperweight. A
sleek modern bronze bare foot paired with a bronze hand was made
by a 1970s Danish artist.  Victorians seem to have preferred
feet wearing shoes as ornaments. Some shoes were padded to be
pincushions, and pressed glass