Pair of Mules
1870s (made)
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Open-backed shoe in green, black and pink knitted silk stripes, edged with gold fringe. Pink silk lining over lambswool interlining
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Knitted silk, gold fringe, silk lining over lambswool. |
| Brief description | Pair of women's knitted silk mules, 1870s, English |
| Physical description | Open-backed shoe in green, black and pink knitted silk stripes, edged with gold fringe. Pink silk lining over lambswool interlining |
| Credit line | Given by Messrs Harrods Ltd. |
| Object history | These were part of a very large collection of items of dress and accessories which was given to the Museum by Harrods, the department store, in 1913. The collection had been formed by the artist Talbot Hughes, who wrote a book on the history of dress, illustrated with photographs of models wearing items from his collection. A large firm in America had offered to buy the collection and present it to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, but Hughes did not want it to go abroad. At the suggestion of Cecil Harcourt Smith of the V&A, Harrods bought it for £2,500 and gave it to the Museum for the 'public good'. Harrods displayed the collection for three weeks in December 1913. |
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| Accession number | T.510&A-1913 |
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| Record created | October 12, 2007 |
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