A pair of shoes of black leather with square rounded toe, no heel, the vamp cut-outs revealing crimson silk forming a stylised foliate design, the tongue van-dyked and trimmed with a red silk ruching, straights, circa 1860, probably French; and a pair of slippers of black velvet, with square toe, no heels, the vamps embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads with roses and other flowers, third quarter of 19th century
A pair of shoes of black leather with square rounded toe, no heel, the vamp cut-outs revealing crimson silk forming a stylised foliate design, the tongue van-dyked and trimmed with a red silk ruching, straights, circa 1860, probably French; and a pair of slippers of black velvet, with square toe, no heels, the vamps embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads with roses and other flowers, third quarter of 19th century

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A pair of shoes of black leather with square rounded toe, no heel, the vamp cut-outs revealing crimson silk forming a stylised foliate design, the tongue van-dyked and trimmed with a red silk ruching, straights, circa 1860, probably French; and a pair of slippers of black velvet, with square toe, no heels, the vamps embroidered in coloured silks and metal threads with roses and other flowers, third quarter of 19th century
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