Pair of Shoes
1750s (made)
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Between 1750 and 1800 unusual materials were sometimes used for fashionable women's shoes. This pair is decorated with ornate straw strips or 'splints', as well as flowers and leaves embroidered in silk and scalloped edges in silver-gilt thread. The shoes have a pointed toe and a comfortable, low, broad heel covered in silk satin to match that of the lining. The latchets are tied with silk ribbons.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Couched straw splints, embroidered with silk and metal thread, silk satin covered heel, and matching silk lining |
| Brief description | Pair of women's shoes, 1750s, German or Italian; decorated with straw strips or 'splints' and embroidered with silk |
| Physical description | Pair of women's shoes, with pointed toe and low heel decorated with couched straw splints and silk and metal thread embroidery. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss C. M. Slee |
| Summary | Between 1750 and 1800 unusual materials were sometimes used for fashionable women's shoes. This pair is decorated with ornate straw strips or 'splints', as well as flowers and leaves embroidered in silk and scalloped edges in silver-gilt thread. The shoes have a pointed toe and a comfortable, low, broad heel covered in silk satin to match that of the lining. The latchets are tied with silk ribbons. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wood Murray, Anne. 'Straw Embroidery on Costume', Waffen- und Kostümkunde - Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde. München: Deutsche Kunstverlag, 1978, pp. 95-106, ill. |
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| Accession number | T.69&A-1947 |
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| Record created | October 14, 2002 |
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