THREE PAIRS OF METAL THREAD EMBROIDERED SHOES AND A PAIR OF TALL HAMMAM SLIPPERS
North Africa and Ottoman Turkey, 19th century and later

Comprising three pairs of shoes, two flats with pointed toe and decorated with intricate metal thread embroideries, and one pair of slippers with engraved wooden heels, 24 - 25 cm long (size 7 jnr UK); and a pair of hammam slippers, the tall wooden heels and plateau carved with rosettes and cypress trees, the flap with residues of metal thread embroideries on leather, 33.5cm high and 23.5cm long.