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As the fashion for wearing boots when out and about grew, it became practical to adopt a new type of comfortable shoe for use exclusively in the home.  Some women purchased patterns and embroidered slippers for themselves or their husbands.  \r\n\r\nHere silk braids have been stitched to the black woollen 'upper' in the shape of flowers, leaves and scrolls.  The process of attaching one material to another in this way is called appliqué.  The pale blue silk edging and lining were probably chosen to correspond with the pale blue of some of the flowers.  The wear to the lining and insole of the slippers indicates that they were well used before entering the museum's collections in the early twentieth century.","physicalDescription":"Black wool slippers with square toe and pointed tongue; with appliqué flowers, leaves and scrolls made from red, blue, yellow and pink silk braids; edges bound with pale blue silk, lining and insole in pale blue silk; brown leather sole.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wool","id":"x40131"},{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"},{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"},{"text":"braid","id":"AAT232186"}],"techniques":[{"text":"embroidery","id":"x40351"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Wool with appliqué braid, silk and leather","categories":[{"text":"Accessories","id":"THES48998"},{"text":"Footwear","id":"THES48951"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2007BP8723","2006AW2455","2015HM4729"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES326017"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES326017"},"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":"1800-1850","earliest":"1800-01-01","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":"8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"each shoe","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Each shoe","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"These were 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 black woollen slippers, embroidered with colourful floral motifs in braid, English, 1800-1850.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"flower","id":"AAT10135"},{"text":"scroll","id":"AAT10096"},{"text":"foliage","id":"AAT11892"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.502-1913","T.502A-1913"],"accessionNumberNum":"502","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1913,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Slipper [1]","Slipper [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-01","recordCreationDate":"2007-06-08","availableToBook":true}}