Slipper
T. S. Buttifant
Category
Costume
Date
1810 - 1830
Materials
Cotton, Leather, Linen, Silk satin
Measurements
235 mm (H)
Place of origin
Norwich
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348832.1
Summary
One of a pair of slippers - Made from dark pink silk satin with brown leather soles and lined with white linen quarters, vamp and insole with a heel stiffener and brown leather heel grip. They are a turnshoe construction and decorated with pink cotton binding at the top, back and side seams with white contrasting stitching. Each slipper is marked on the inside in ink 'left' and 'right'. In left shoe a label ' sold by T S Buttifant, London Lane, Norwich'. (female)
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor
Makers and roles
T. S. Buttifant, retailer