A pair of ladies' silk shoes with paste buckles, 19th century

Description

cream silk with ornate pattern, part leather lining, oval paste buckles with pleated silk detailing, leather soles, low slim shaped heel. Insoles stamped 'TAYLOR & SON, MAKERS, 82 PORTLAND ST LONDON' and numbered (indecipherable) on inside of back quarter lining Provenance: The Parsonage, Peak District, DerbyshireCondition report: Silk discoloured and fraying. Paste buckles 6 lacking on left foot, 4 lacking on right foot. Leather sole split near heel.