Pair of Shoes
1730-40 (made)
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Cream silk embroidered in a floral pattern with polychrome silks and couched silver thread. All edges, of latchets, tongue and throat with blue silk tape, also covering quarter seams. Latchets for ribbon-tying over peaked tongue. Louis heels covered in kid leather, leather welt and sole. Shoe is lined with fine canvas.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk embroidered with silk thread and silver thread, leather |
| Brief description | Pair of cream silk shoes embroidered in polychrome silk and silver thread of floral pattern. |
| Physical description | Cream silk embroidered in a floral pattern with polychrome silks and couched silver thread. All edges, of latchets, tongue and throat with blue silk tape, also covering quarter seams. Latchets for ribbon-tying over peaked tongue. Louis heels covered in kid leather, leather welt and sole. Shoe is lined with fine canvas. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | These shoes and the dress to which they match
belong to miss Alice Thorold at Aixwold Hall, Caistor.
Married 1st Wrightson
2nd Myers
at Shipley Hall in Leeds
N/.../ deceased c. 1806. (Hand-written inscription on heel of shoe B.) |
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| Accession number | 270&A-1890 |
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| Record created | August 26, 2005 |
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