Delicate Slippers with a Connection to Princess
Express & Echo (Exeter, UK) › August 20, 2010
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OF THE many beautiful shoes stored in the costume collection of the museum, these delicate shoes or slippers are of particular interest.
Donated in 1868 by a Miss E Bignall, they are one of the earliest items of costume to be given to the museum. Made of white kid covered in cream silk satin, with the toe covered in a cream and gold brocade and DELICATE: Silk shoes thought to have belonged to Princess Charlotte decorated with a gold rosette, the flat slipper style is very typical of their time.See the full content of this document
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Delicate Slippers with a Connection to Princess
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