Slipper
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile
Measurements
230 mm (H)
Place of origin
Asia
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349431.1
Summary
One of a pair of Oriental slippers made from yellow satin embroidered with blue woollen cloth beneath. They have cream painted wooden platform with a leather sole. They are lined with natural linen with a rough linen insole stitched at the edge. They have a painted canvas middle sole. They are embroidered with blue and cream silk floss in a floral design using satin stitch. The seam is over sewn with thick black silk. The edge is solidly stitched with interwoven red silk thread. (male)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade