Shoes

1830s-France

Material: 

The uppers covered in connected braids of straw and horsehair; deep-pink silk ribbon trimming and cockade; lined pink silk taffeta; squarish toes; leather sole.

Dimension: 

Length 22.5cm, Wide 5.5cm

A dainty pair of flat shoes elaborately created with delicate materials, made from woven and plaited straw with two rows of circles containing bands of horsehair and a straw work ribbon trim. The upper material, is not very common for shoes, would have made from hatmakers’ straw. These would have been house shoes.

Inventory Number(s): AC9012 93-48AB