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Decorative Jogakbo Shoes, 조각보 신발

Shoe
1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of two silk gauze shoes made of multi-coloured geometric pieces by Korean fibre artist Chunghie Lee. This shoe is mainly red silk gauze with other areas of patchwork in pink, yellow, orange and green.


Object details

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Object type
TitleDecorative Jogakbo Shoes, 조각보 신발
Materials and techniques
Patchwork silk gauze Triple-stitched seaming technique (<i>gekki</i>)
Brief description
Silk gauze with small areas of patchwork, designed by Chunghie Lee, Korea, 1992
Physical description
One of two silk gauze shoes made of multi-coloured geometric pieces by Korean fibre artist Chunghie Lee. This shoe is mainly red silk gauze with other areas of patchwork in pink, yellow, orange and green.
Dimensions
  • Length: 29cm
  • Depth: 6.5cm
  • Width: 10cm
Object history
Not designed to be worn, the shoes are meant to reflect the material, style and technique of traditional Korean shoes worn since the Joseon period, especially with its upturned toes (taesashin), the use of stiffened silk gauze (sa and ra) and to illustrate the traditional Korean patchwork construction technique (jogakbo).
Associated object
FE.280:1-1995 (Object)
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
FE.280:2-1995

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2000
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