English brocaded silk shoes and pattens

An image of Textiles/Shoes and pattens. Brocaded silk, cream background, multicoloured floral design. Shoes lined with coarse linen, tongues with green sarcenet, bound green braid. Pattens lined scarlet flannel, bound green braid, cream corded silk bows, leather soles and heels. Length, whole, 8.25 in, circa 1700-1749. English.

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Textiles/Shoes and pattens. Brocaded silk, cream background, multicoloured floral design. Shoes lined with coarse linen, tongues with green sarcenet, bound green braid. Pattens lined scarlet flannel, bound green braid, cream corded silk bows, leather soles and heels. Length, whole, 8.25 in, circa 1700-1749. English.

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Accession Number: T.9-1940
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 673 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 190.33kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1

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