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Pair of shoes
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1650s-1660s (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Velvet embroidered with silver-gilt thread, lined with leather
- Museum number:
T.631&A-1972
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This pair of women's mules or backless slippers is very stylish. They are made of rich velvet embroidered with silver-gilt thread. From about 1550 to 1700, domestic embroidery became very fashionable and mules were often decorated in this way. This pair have a medium heel and a square, slightly overhanging toe. This makes them typical of luxury indoor wear for women in about the middle of the 17th century. A similar pair of mules was made for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I.