Not currently on display at the V&A

Pair of Shoes

1800 to 1889 (made)
Place of origin

Tightly woven white cotton uppers with cotton soles dyed blue with 3 bands of red and white thin painted lines, the surface covered in varnish, bone tips and heals


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Canvas, dye, paint, varnish, bone
Brief description
Shoes (Giveh), woven white cotton uppers, cotton soles, bone tips and heels; Iran, ca. 1850 to 1889
Physical description
Tightly woven white cotton uppers with cotton soles dyed blue with 3 bands of red and white thin painted lines, the surface covered in varnish, bone tips and heals
Object history
Giveh shoes
Collection
Accession number
833-1889

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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