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Pair of Mules

1730s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Mule
  • Mule
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8cm
  • Width: 6.5cm
  • Depth: 19.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'These shoes belonged to Queen Caroline, wife of George the 2' (On label that came with the shoes)
  • '& slip of paper Pair of shoes given to Mrs ............ 1937 by Miss Harnett of Rumney, who said (1929) they were given to her by a Mrs Coles, connected with Covent Garden.' (In pencil on a label that came with the shoes)
Credit line
Given by Miss Daphne F R Gale.
Collection
Accession number
T.102-1971

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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