Tudor Child’s Shoes

Chamois leather, linen thread

These little shoes are based on the design of a child’s Tudor shoe found behind the skirting at Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire.

This little shoe is so well worn that I couldn’t help wondering about the fate of the child or children who wore it all those years ago.

If she had survived Little Lady Mary Seymour might well have worn similar shoes and like this one found at Selgrave Manor, her little shoes would have retained the history of their wearer.

These little shoes are unworn. They retain no history just as there is no evidence in history of Lady Mary beyond the age of two.