Wedding shoe
Category
Costume
Date
1904
Materials
Silk satin, seed pearls, glass, wood, leather, kid leather.
Measurements
90 x 70 x 250 mm
Place of origin
Ireland
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 604295.4.1
Summary
A woman's wedding shoe, one of a pair, made from cream silk satin. The shoe has a cream silk satin instep strap decorated with seed pearls and with a pearlized glass button, with matching seed pearl decoration on the toe. It has a low wooden Louis-style heel covered in silk satin, with a leather sole, a silk satin insole and lined in white kid leather.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs Cunningham.