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In the Friedenssaal of Münster's city hall (Rathaus) there is a single lady's shoe on display. It is believed to date from between AD 1620-1640. The shoe is made from leather and covered with (red) velvet. It has a small Louis style heel and a large vamp; especially the 'tongue' is very large.

Augustin Pacher (also called August Pacher; 1863-1926) was a German artist and glass in lead designer. He designed items for the Roman Catholic Church in Germany.

The Roman Catholic dioscese of Münster (Germany) was established in AD 804 and the building of the present Dom (cathedral) was commenced in the early thirteenth century. The Dom and its contents were badly damaged in the Second World War (1939-1945), and as a result it does not have the wide range of textiles and related items that can be found in other European cathedrals.

August Macke (1887–1914) was a German artist working in the early twentieth century. He was a member of the German Expressionist movement, and in particular that of Der Blaue Reiter ('The Blue Rider') group. He is well-known for gentle, daily-life subjects, such as women shopping for hats, scenes in parks, and so forth. August Macke died in September 1914 in France, shortly after the start of the First World War (1914-1918).

Mesh is an English language term that has several meanings when referring to netting:

Brussels needlepoint lace is a form of needlepoint lace with a slight cordonnet with spaced buttonhole stitches. It was particularly popular in the eigheenth and early nineteenth centuries. The motifs were often applied on a droschel ground, replaced in the nineteenth century by three-twist Brussels net.

Charles Frederick Cross (1855-1935) was an English chemist who helped to develop rayon and viscose. Cross was born in Brentford (England). He studied chemistry at King’s College London, the Zurich Polytechnic (Switzerland) and later at Owens College, Manchester (England).

Horace Arthur Lowe (1869-1930) was an English textile chemist from Heaton Moor, Lancashire (England), who played an important role in the development of mercerisation.

Rudolf Pfister (1867-1955; his official name was Jean Jost Rodolphe Pfister) was an Elzas born, French textile chemist and textile historian. In the first half of the twentieth century he analysed and published textiles from various Middle Eastern archaeological sites. 

The throne canopy dates from 1916 and was first used by King George V of Great Britain (r: 1910-1936). It is made from red velvet and gilt wood and consists of the domed canopy itself surmounted by a crown, with a gilded wooden frieze. The draped upper part of the canopy is decorated with an applied, embroidered crown and further embellished with gold and silk tassels.