Antique Ottoman Child’s Embroidered Leather Shoes with Silk Pom Poms: C19th Turkey

Item Details.
From Turkey, a pair of fine gold gilt embroidered red leather children’s slippers dating from the 19th century.

Handmade from red leather which has been embroidered with traditional stumpwork metal thread work which incorporates 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 slippers from the same collection.

Measurements:
16cm long
3.5cm wide
5cm deep

Condition.
They are in hardly worn condition, some minor rubs to soles, an over all patina of age as you would expect in an item of this antiquity.