Slipper
Category
Costume
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Kid, Leather, Silk, Wool
Measurements
235 mm (H)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348830.2
Summary
One of a pair of slippers - Made from cream, brown, black and blue Berlin wool on canvas with a tan leather sole. They are lined with a blue silk lining quilted on the sock with a white kid heel grip. They are a turnshoe construction and decorated with blue diamond lattice with black and brown and cream graded filling. There is a top seam of blue ribbon. The sole is marked with 3 ringed punch marks at the toe, waist and heel. (female)
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor