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MOUBRAY, ROWAN & HICKS, Melbourne (retailer), UNKNOWN (manufacturer)
Shoes
 (1880-1892)

Medium
leather, metal, glass, silk

Measurements
(a-b) 10.5 × 6.7 × 22.9 cm (each)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr J. G. H. Sprigg, 1971

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
(a-b) midpoint of insole, gold stamp: Moubray Rowan (...illeg.) / Melbourne

Accession Number
D113.a-b-1971

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Brown leather, Ghillie-style, ladies shoes with rounded toes and wooden 'Louis' heels. Features bronze-coloured bead and sequin trimmings all over vamp and throat. Fastened by lacing through five thread eyelets with matching bronze-coloured metal tipped flat braided silk laces. Shoes are lined with pale green silk satin, with a gold coloured maker’s stamp in each insole. Bronze silk binding at topline and around eyelets.

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