Adult's shoe
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1750
Materials
Cotton, leather, silk and feather
Measurements
Each shoe - 240 mm (length); 108 mm (height); 100 mm (depth), Feather - 180 mm (length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 657437
Summary
A pair of cotton and silk adult's shoes. The shoes are white cotton with a raised heel and pointed upturned toes. The outside of the shoe, heel, tongue and straps are decorated with coloured silk flowers. The flowers are in various colours, blue, green, brown and yellow. The top edges of the shoe are bordered with blue as is the edges of the straps and the tongue. The shoes fasten with a metal hook and eye placed underneath the two large cotton straps. The inside of the shoes are brown leather as are the bottom soles. Separate from the shoes is a black feather plume with sellotape at the bottom. Total number of items is 3.