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Pair of Shoes

1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of embroidered slippers. The slippers have flat soles with square toes made up of one piece of leather . The uppers are made of canvas embroidered with coloured wools and silks in cross and tent stitches with sprays of roses and forget-me-nots in naturalistic colours on a black ground powdered with yellow spots. The slippers are bound with green silk ribbon and lined with green leather.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Canvas embroidered with silk
Brief description
Pair of embroidered slippers, English, ca. 1850
Physical description
Pair of embroidered slippers. The slippers have flat soles with square toes made up of one piece of leather . The uppers are made of canvas embroidered with coloured wools and silks in cross and tent stitches with sprays of roses and forget-me-nots in naturalistic colours on a black ground powdered with yellow spots. The slippers are bound with green silk ribbon and lined with green leather.
Dimensions
  • Length: 9.5in
  • Width: 2.5in
Credit line
Given by Miss Beatrice Mc Kay
Object history
Registered File number 1963/1440
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.111&A-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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