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Some women purchased patterns and embroidered slippers for themselves or their husbands.  Once the embroidery was finished it would be taken to a shoemaker to be made up.  The cost of making up a pair of worked slippers in 1847 was 14 shillings, the same price as a pair of ready-made French slippers.  \r\n\r\nBerlin work or woolwork is the term used to describe the type of all-over embroidery used on these slippers.  It is derived from the type of wool used in the work.  Berlin wool, also known as Berlin yarn or German wool, was a high quality worsted yarn spun from combed wool, with a harder twist than other yarns.  This made it more durable and therefore particularly suitable for this type of embroidery.","physicalDescription":"Embroidered Berlin woolwork slipper with beading; square toe and throat, leather sole, insole and sock, linen lining, black velvet edging.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wool","id":"x40131"},{"text":"velvet","id":"AAT133711"},{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"},{"text":"linen","id":"x29412"}],"techniques":[{"text":"beading","id":"x34622"},{"text":"Berlin work","id":"AAT227774"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Berlin woolwork embroidery with beading","categories":[{"text":"Footwear","id":"THES48951"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2015HJ3682","2007BP8724"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES326008"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES326008"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Slipper","id":""}],[{"text":"Slipper","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1830-1850","earliest":"1830-01-01","latest":"1850-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"MA/1/H926","id":"ARC163180"},"association":"Archive record"}],"creditLine":"Given by Messrs Harrods Ltd.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"25","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Each shoe","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"9.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Each shoe","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"3.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Each shoe","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This object was part of a very large collection of items of dress and accessories which was given to the Museum by Harrods, the department store, in 1913. The collection had been formed by the artist Talbot Hughes, who wrote a book on the history of dress, illustrated with photographs of models wearing items from his collection. A large firm in America had offered to buy the collection and present it to the  Metropolitan Museum, New York, but Hughes did not want it to go abroad. At the suggestion of Cecil Harcourt Smith of the V&A, Harrods bought it for £2,500 and gave it to the Museum for the 'public good'. Harrods displayed the collection for three weeks in December 1913.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pair of female slippers, Berlin woolwork, beaded, English, 1830-1850","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"flowers","id":"x35571"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.587A-1913","T.587-1913"],"accessionNumberNum":"587","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1913,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Slipper [1]","Slipper [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-01","recordCreationDate":"2007-06-08","availableToBook":true}}