This is a shoe design by Florence Campbell, a Jewish-German immigrant who moved to England in the 1940s. She was skilled in German penwork, a popular pastime for young women in Germany in which intricate patterns are created with pen and ink, and began transferring her designs to a range of decorative objects including shoes, bags, compacts and cigarette cases. She developed an unusual decorative technique by which minuscule glass beads were applied to painted decoration, creating a glistening, textured effect. After years of freelance work, selling her designs to various London stores, she took a role with the handbag manufacturer H. Wald & Co., designing and executing beaded designs for their signature 'Waldybags'. She also worked for the shoe manufacturer Rayne in the 1950s, and may have designed this shoe for them.