Saturday, 3 October 2026

Dancing slippers of the 1820s and 1830s with Chinese embroidery and, apparently, a British leather sole

A pair of turquoise silk slippers with floral embroidery and pale ties lying on a quilted bedspread.

Dancing slippers of the 1820s to 1830s with Chinese embroidery and, it would seem, a British leather sole. Well, nineteenth-century footwear on a flat sole looks far better than heels, like

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