Pair of Mules
1730s (made)
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Pair of mules with pointed toe, high cut and heels covered with red leather. The toe pieces are made with beads worked in a woven technique, in shades of yellow, green, red and blue on a white ground arranged to form a pattern of a basket from which floral sprays grow with two birds flanking the top. The upper is bound with gilt ribbon and lined with white kid, canvas and blue silk. A piece of floral brocade, a white ground on which is yellow, green and beige pattern with white flowers, covers the instep. There is white kid lining to the sides of the leather sole.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Beads and leather; canvas, kid leather (Capra aegagrus hircus) and silk lining. |
Brief description | Pair of women's mules, made in France, 1730s; leather covered with woven beadwork, coloured glass beads. |
Physical description | Pair of mules with pointed toe, high cut and heels covered with red leather. The toe pieces are made with beads worked in a woven technique, in shades of yellow, green, red and blue on a white ground arranged to form a pattern of a basket from which floral sprays grow with two birds flanking the top. The upper is bound with gilt ribbon and lined with white kid, canvas and blue silk. A piece of floral brocade, a white ground on which is yellow, green and beige pattern with white flowers, covers the instep. There is white kid lining to the sides of the leather sole. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss Daphne F R Gale. |
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Accession number | T.102-1971 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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