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(England)
Slippers (c. 1840)
linen, velvet, wool (thread), leather (lining, sole)
(a) 6.4 × 7.0 × 25.2 cm (left slipper)
(b) 6.0 × 7.0 × 25.2 cm (right slipper)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1982
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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About this work
Owing to the general Victorian fondness for floral decorative motifs, designs for Berlin work slippers rarely varied, regardless of whether they were for women or men. Patterns for slippers such as this were a mainstay of ladies’ journals; a centrally dominant spray covered the vamp, with smaller accompanying blooms extending around each side of the shoe. These and other simplified designs were easily worked in petit point on canvas by the home embroiderer, who then took them to the local shoemaker to be made up with leather soles and a small stacked heel.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(England)
Accession Number
CT99.a-b-1982
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
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