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Pair of shoes

Pair of shoes

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1650s-1660s (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Velvet embroidered with silver-gilt thread, lined with leather

  • Museum number:

    T.631&A-1972

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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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.

Physical description

Pair of women's shoes (mules) of red velvet embroidered with couched and raised silver-gilt thread in a design of birds facing a plant form flanked by floral decoration. The vamp is lined in leather and the sole has an inner lining of white leather. The heel insole is covered with red velvet. The heels are of leather and medium height. The toes are square.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

ca. 1650s-1660s (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Velvet embroidered with silver-gilt thread, lined with leather

Dimensions

Depth: 24 cm, Width: 8 cm, Height: 10 cm

Descriptive line

Pair of shoes of embroidered velvet, England, ca. 1650s-1660s

Materials

Leather; Silver-gilt thread; Silk velvet

Techniques

Embroidered

Categories

Embroidery; Footwear; Fashion; Women's clothes

Collection code

T&F

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