Mule
Category
Costume
Date
1750
Materials
Leather, linen, silk satin, silk thread embroidery, kid, wood.
Measurements
50 x 80 x 250 mm
Place of origin
Spain
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604087.1
Summary
A woman's mule from a pair of mules, made from leather, kid and embroidered silk satin. The mule toe has a base of leather covered in linen, which is itself covered with mid-blue silk satin which is embroidered with silk thread in browns, blues and cream in a floral pattern, with the vamp shaped into a point centre front. It has a Louis-style heel made from wood, covered in white kid, with a white kid insole and a leather sole.