Shoe
Category
Costume
Date
1835
Materials
Glace kid, silk satin. jet beading, wood, leather, canvas, twill braid.
Measurements
70 x 85 x 245 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602632.2
Summary
A woman's shoe from a pair of shoes, made from black glace kid leather. The shoes are decorated on the toe with a large black silk satin ribbon trimmed with jet beading, with additional jet beading on the leather toe front in a heart-shaped motif. It has a low wooden heel which is covered in matching black glace kid, with a leather sole and lined in a combination of white kid leather and cream canvas, edged in grey & black silk twill braid. Handwritten on the inner lining of the shoe, "M. Workman", the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Miss E. Workman.
Marks and inscriptions
Handwritten on inner shoe lining.: Handwritten on the inner lining of the shoe, "M. Workman", the donor along with the date 1908?