SATIN SLIPPERS, WHITE STOCKINGS & WHITE SHOES
CH1970.792.a-b
(a) Satin wedding slippers and a pair of white stockings, silk and cotton. Cream, single buttoned bar over instep. Low Louis heel. Beads and sequins at front. Addition 5.11.1985: Shoes of white silk satin; pointed toe; medium high louis heel; bound with cream silk petersham ribbon; leafy design is small round white glass beads on toe.
(b) Pair of satin shoes. Cream, pointed toes. Low Louis heel. Beaded front. c1900-1910. Found in collection with same number.
Information supplied by June Swann, world authority on historic shoes visiting from UK, during her inspection of shoe collection 18th October 1993.
b) 'Probably 1900-05. Nice shoes - probably Vienna worked upper, not paris or England. Louis heel; meant for indoor wear. May have been worn for wedding. Beading has come off right shoe - needs conservation.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
| Accession Number: | CH1970.792.a-b |
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| Accession Date: | 21 Sep 1970 |
| Credit: | Miss E. Elgee |
Material
| Cotton/Textile | Stockings: silk and cotton |
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| Silk/Textile |
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