Collectable Ottoman Children’s Embroidered Turkish Slippers: C19th Turkey

Item Details.
From Turkey, a pair of fine gold gilt embroidered garnet red velvet children’s slippers dating from the 19th century Ottoman era. Still with the collectors original handwritten label “Turkish Children’s Shoes”.

Handmade with leather soles and velvet uppers which have been embroidered with traditional stumpwork metal thread work incorporating coils of silver and gold metal thread twisted and wrapped around a linen thread which is then applied as here, to created decorative floral motifs.

Finished with wonderful pink floss silk pompoms, these slippers were probably made for a wedding or similar ceremony.

Highly collectible and decorative they would be a great addition to a collection or for costume study purposes.

Please see our other listings for more tiny slippers from the same collection.

Measurements:
18cm long
7cm widest point

Condition.
They are in never worn condition, some minor rubs and marks and anover all patina of age as you would expect in an item of this antiquity.