The shoe is decorated with a central stylised vase or goblet, from which emerge stylised foliage and flowers. The design was worked in couching using cord, passing and plate forms of metal thread in a gold colour. Various suggestions have been made concerning the original owner of the shoe, including Anne de Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville (1616-1678), but nothing is certain.
Seen on 24th May 2015 by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood.
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