Evening shoe
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Wood
Measurements
250 mm (Length)
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Plas Yn Rhiw, Gwynedd
NT 648769.1.1
Summary
One of a pair of purple leather evening shoes with covered wooden heels, double cross-over straps with button fastenings, the fronts and straps decorated with gold beading, 'The Belle of the Season' stamped inside. Metal shoe trees.
Provenance
the property was given to the Trust as part of the Plas yn Rhiw estate between 1950 and 1966 by the Misses Eileen, Lorna and Honora Keating in memory of their parents, John William and Constance Annie Keating.
Marks and inscriptions
'The Belle of the Season' (stamped inside)