Description: This embroidered silk satin shoe is one of a pair worn by Mary Chamberlain, wife of Birmingham’s mayor and MP Joseph Chamberlain. The couple travelled to Paris regularly to update her wardrobe. These shoes are part of a larger collection of dresses belonging to Mary Chamberlain at the Fashion Museum, with many pieces worn during her time as hostess of Highbury, the Chamberlain family residence in Moseley, Birmingham.
By Maxen-Gantiez, Paris.