Woman's mule
1740s
Object PlaceEurope?
Medium/TechniqueSilk velvet embroidered with silk and metallic yarns, metallic lace, silk satin binding tape, leather lining, and leather heel and sole
Dimensions10.5 x 7.8 x 21 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number43.1733
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ProvenanceCollection Simonetti (Rome); purchased by Elizabeth Day McCormick; gift to MFA, November 10, 1943.
18th century
about 1770
1700–40s
1740s
1690–1720
1805–10
about 1850–70
1770–85
1720s–1740s
1730s–1740s
late 17th–early 18th century