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Pair of Evening Shoes

1963 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rayne (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pair of evening shoes in white silk satin. Open sided stiletto pumps trimmed with coloured diamantés and beads.

Object details

Categories
Footwear
Fashion
Womenswear
Evening Wear
Embroidery
Europeana Fashion Project
Rayne Shoe Archive
Object type
Pair of evening shoes
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Embroiderd silk satin trimmed with diamantés and beads
Silk (Textile)
Beads
Diamantés
Embroidered
Beaded
Satin Weave
Brief description
Pair of evening shoes in embroidered silk satin, made by Rayne, Great Britain, 1963
Physical description
Pair of evening shoes in white silk satin. Open sided stiletto pumps trimmed with coloured diamantés and beads.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Width: 7.5cm
  • Depth: 25cm
Gallery label
(1997)
H. & M. Rayne were reowned for beautiful evening and shoes for special occasions. Designs could be made to order and basic white shoe were often dyed to match a customer's dress. The jewelled decoration was painstakingly applied, stone by stone, using a strong cement. Rayne held royal warrants making shoes for HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM the Queen Mother and Diana, Princess of Wales
Credit line
Given by the Bata Shoe Museum Foundation
Production
Spring 1963
Bibliographic reference
De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.364:1, 2-1996

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Record createdNovember 28, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O141099/pair-of-evening-rayne/
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