The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion by Harkness Deborah

The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion by Harkness Deborah

Author:Harkness, Deborah
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2015-09-17T16:00:00+00:00


29 December, Chapter 16:

Her feet twinkled in the firelight, the silver embroidery on her richly colored slippers picking up hints of red, orange, and gold.

A woman’s shoe from the sixteenth century, showing insects (a spider), at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC: http://www.­metmuseum­.org/­coll­ectio­n/the-collec­tion-­online/­search/111277­, as well as this example of Elizabethan embroidery showing natural elements, will help you imagine Mary Sidney’s shoes. The embroidered skirt is a detail from a portrait of Elizabeth I painted by Nicholas Hilliard c. 1599.



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