12th Feb, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Costume, Accessories & Textiles

 
  Lot 2022
 

2022

Pair of Early 19th Century Suttons of Covent Garden Leather Lady's Shoes, in a pale green kid leather lined with white kid leather on a low heel, bearing a paper label 'To Her Majesty and the Princesses, Sutton Ladies' Shoe Maker, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London' on a leather sole

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

25cm heel to toe, 7cm at widest. See extra images.

Kid leather lining loose at the top of the shoe and wool lining to the top of the foot part of shoe is worn and some losses. Some stitches loose to the latchets on both shoes, stitched repairs up the heel seam, small stitched repairs and wear, fraying to the edges, one shoe bears a sticker and the other has a small hole to the bottom of the shoe visible from inside.

Provenance; from an estate in South West of the Country.

 


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Auction: Costume, Accessories & Textiles, 12th Feb, 2022

 

The Costume, Accessories & Textiles Sales incorporate an extraordinary range of collector’s items and fashion from the 17th century to the present day. Quilts, dolls, teddy bears, fine household linens, samplers, embroidery, sewing accessories and lace sit alongside antique, period and modern costume and world textiles.

 

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