Slipper Collection

Cypripedium reginae, ladys slipper orchid. Also known as pi
Although the current name of this orchid is Cypripedium reginae, the name on the original plate reads Cypripedium spectabile, which may have been the name accepted at the time

Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys slipper orchid
Watercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cypripedium candidum, small white lady s-slipper
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Bearded ladies slipper orchid, Cypripedium barbatum.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine

Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys Slipper Orchid
Originally published in: Paxtons magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. Published in London. December 1836. Natural History Museums Botany Library. Plate Collection number 169

Trying on that Slipper
Trying on the slipper

Cypripedium Cardinale
LADYs SLIPPER ORCHID one of several species

Victor Stiebel / Ballgown
An ash blue slipper satin evening dress from couture designer, Victor Stiebel. Typical full skirt of the period, with a white pleated " peau de soie"

Walsingham Pilgrims
In the Middle Ages, pilgrims thronged to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, leaving their sandals in the " Slipper Chapel" and walking barefoot 2 miles to the shrine

European shoes, slippers and boots
European shoes and boots: Russian boot 1, Russian womans sandal 2, Finnish womans sandal 3, Finnish womans slipper 4, Finnish bejeweled shoes 5, 6, Hungarian mans boot 7

The Slipper Chapel
In the Middle Ages, pilgrims thronged to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, leaving their sandals in the " Slipper Chapel" and walking barefoot 2 miles to the shrine Date

Slipper Pattern 1868
A colourful embroidery design for the Victorian lady of leisure for a cashmere slipper based on an original Hindustanee pattern

Ladys purse or slipper flower, Calceolaria varieties. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

A Variety of womens shoes 1926
Ladies 1920s footwear, including slippers, tennis and dress shoes. Date: circa 1926

Cinderella And Her Glass Slipper Pantomime Early
cinderella, and, her, glass, slipper, pantomime, early, woodcut, print, engravings, story, scenes, coach, dancing, prince, charming, ball, dance, dress, dressing, 13944175

Cover design, Warne's Book of Nursery Tales Date: 20th century

The Red Slipper by Gifford Ambler

Comic postcard, Dishevelled woman at a party Date: 20th century

The dancer Dolores Farris and the dancing team
The dancer Dolores Farris (late of the Silver Slipper cabaret in New York and now appearing in the Easterm company of Good News) and the dancing team of La Mae and Josine popular in Boston

Different varieties of carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus. Superba alba, corolla purpurea rubra, Superba maior floralba, Armeria alba et rubra multiplex, Armeria altera multis floribus ornata, etc

Ladys slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum insigne (Cypripedium insigne). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne

Aerides lawrenceae orchid. Endangered. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Slipper lobster and butterfly fan lobster
Slipper lobster, Thenus orientalis 1, and butterfly fan lobster, Ibacus peronii 2. Scillaro orientale, Ibaco di Peron. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Poster for Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, 1900
Poster for Cinderella, the first pantomime to be held at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in December 1900. Date: 1901

Sketch card design to Edward Moss of the London Hippodrome
A mock New Year card drawn by A. A. F. Kennett and published in The Sketch, address to Edward Moss, managing director of the London Hippodrome

Cinderella and the Glass Slipper. circa 1900

Showy ladys slipper orchid, Cypripedium reginae (Cypripedium spectabile). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Slipper lobster, Scyllarus arctus (Oval-tailed crab, Cancer scyllarus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Woman in a shop choosing a new dress, early 19th century
Woman in a shop trying to decide which dress matches her new hat. A shopgirl holds a dress trimmed with flowers, and another with gauze frill

Italian womens fashions, late 16th century
Woman of Genoa with bouquet A, woman of Pisa holding a feather fan B, and details of a pair of Venetian womans shoes in sheepskin C, D, E, F

The noble Ladys Slipper, Resemblance
The noble Ladys Slipper, Cypripedium reginae, Resemblance. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora

Venus slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum barbatum (Cypripedium barbatum grandiflorum). Native to Mount Ophir, Malaysia. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte

Slipper orchid, Phragmipedium schlimii (Cypripedium schlimi). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Ladies slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

18th century knee pad 1, slipper 2, winch 3 and key 4. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779

Irapeaos cypripedium orchid, Cypripedium irapeanum
Irapeaos cypripedium orchid, Irapean ladys slipper or pelican flower, Cypripedium irapeanum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake

Venus slipper, Paphiopedilum barbatum (Bearded ladys slipper, Cypripedium barbatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards

Large-flowered cypripedium orchid, Cypripedium macranthos
Large-flowered cypripedium or large-flowered ladys slipper orchid, Cypripedium macranthos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by M

Showy lady s-slipper, Cypripedium reginae
Showy lady s-slipper orchid, Cypripedium reginae (White-petal d ladies slipper, Cypripedium album). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Poster, The Silver Slipper, Grand Theatre, Halifax
Poster, The Silver Slipper, with music by Leslie Stuart, book by Owen Hall and lyrics by W H Risque, in a production by Tom B Davis at the Grand Theatre, Halifax, Yorkshire. 1903

Wedding tradition, Throwing the Slipper. 19th century

Fairy with butterflies on a Valentines card. Date: circa 1890s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 416
Lepidoptera: Melanippe blomeri = Discoloxia blomeri (Blomer?s Rivulet) [Plant: Cypripedium calceolus (European Ladies? Slipper)] Date: 1824-39

Cinderella and the Glass Slipper Date: 1916

Footwear of the Nations - Turkey (and Western)
Footwear of the Nations - Turkey (the turned-up toed slippers of a Turkish beauty and the Western black rubber-soled shoes of her male admirer)

GAME OF HUNT THE SLIPPER
Le furet Date: 1858

17th century Slipper Maker
A shoemaker sits cross-legged as he stitches a slipper. Date: 17th century

Winifred Hare as Stella, perched precariously on a crescent moon, in The Silver Slipper at the Lyric Theatre in 1901. Date: 1901

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