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Pair of Boots

1982 (made), 1982 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The boots have the foot section made from leather and the ankle section from paper. There is a strip of nylon webbing down each side of each boot. They fasten with a narrow leather draw tie round the top.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Boot
  • Boot
Materials and techniques
Leather, paper and nylon webbing
Brief description
Pair of boots, leather and paper with nylon webbing, Miyake Design Studio, Tokyo, Japan, Showa period, 1982
Physical description
The boots have the foot section made from leather and the ankle section from paper. There is a strip of nylon webbing down each side of each boot. They fasten with a narrow leather draw tie round the top.
Dimensions
  • Each boot height: 28.0cm
  • Each boot length: 26.0cm
Style
Object history
Part of a set of clothes, FE.30 to F-1983.

Purchased. Registered File number 1983/32.
Bibliographic references
  • Yoshioka Sachio. Washi. in Taiyo Bessatsu. Autumn 1982, pp.4-5.
  • Koren, Leonard. New Fashion Japan. Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1984, p.79. ISBN 0870116762
Collection
Accession number
FE.30C&D-1983

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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