Pair of shoes
Pair of Shoes
1860s (made)
1860s (made)
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The uppers of these lady's shoes are worked in the Leghorn remaille technique, where fine straw plaits are joined edge to edge with invisible ladder stitching. This work was produced in Tuscany and was mainly used for high quality hats. However, at the height of its popularity straw plait was used to decorate almost all kinds of clothing - from bodices to parasols. The Italian-made plaits used for the shoes were probably sold as flat sheets, maybe even cut into the pattern pieces, and then assembled with various trimmings. This means that the shoe could have been made up anywhere in Europe, or even in America.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Pair of shoes |
| Materials and techniques | Straw plaits, thread and splints lined with silk; leather and linen covered card decoration; hand stitched |
| Brief description | Shoes, straw, Germany, 1860s |
| Physical description | Shoes of plaited straw lined with red silk. Trimmed around opening with straw braid (of straw thread and splints) and pleated, originally red, now grey-red, silk ribbon. Hand stitched with red silk thread. Decoration at centre front of ribbon bow and cut leaf shapes of card covered with probably linen. Heel covered with white kid. German, 1860s. |
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| Credit line | Given by Messrs Harrods Ltd. |
| Summary | The uppers of these lady's shoes are worked in the Leghorn remaille technique, where fine straw plaits are joined edge to edge with invisible ladder stitching. This work was produced in Tuscany and was mainly used for high quality hats. However, at the height of its popularity straw plait was used to decorate almost all kinds of clothing - from bodices to parasols. The Italian-made plaits used for the shoes were probably sold as flat sheets, maybe even cut into the pattern pieces, and then assembled with various trimmings. This means that the shoe could have been made up anywhere in Europe, or even in America. |
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| Accession number | T.620&A-1913 |
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| Record created | August 22, 2002 |
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