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Mule with embroidered silk vamp on canvas, with a pattern of blue starflowers on a yellow ground with a green network of red checks and white dots
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Mule with embroidered silk vamp on canvas, with a pattern of blue starflowers on a yellow ground with a green network of red checks and white dots

anonymous · c. 1660 · embroidering; weaving; tanned; leather; chamois (animal material); runderleer; linen (material); hennep; calf (leather); vloszijde

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Pair of slippers or trippen, linen or hemp warp, floss silk, wool, calfskin, cowhide, morocco leather. Netherlands, ca. 1660. Inv. BK-1978-293-a/b. Originally, the insole was entirely covered with velvet.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMuiltje met geborduurd voorblad van zijde op stramien, met patroon van blauwe sterbloemen op geel fond met groen netwerk met rode ruiten en witte punten. c. 1660. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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