Pair of Geta (Shoes)

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Pair of Japanese geta (clogs) with toe cover, the sole of tatami (woven rice straw), the sides decorated with cranes and pine trees in gold on a red lacquer ground, toe cover trimmed with fur, about 1920

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Categories	Clothing Fashion
Object type	Pair of geta (shoes)
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Geta (Shoe) Geta (Shoe)
Brief description	Pair of Japanese geta (shoes) with toe cover, the sole of tatami (woven rice straw), the sides decorated with cranes and pine trees in gold on a red lacquer ground, toe cover trimmed with fur, about 1920
Physical description	Pair of Japanese geta (clogs) with toe cover, the sole of tatami (woven rice straw), the sides decorated with cranes and pine trees in gold on a red lacquer ground, toe cover trimmed with fur, about 1920
Gallery label	(2015/2016) Label for the exhibition Shoes: Pleasure and Pain (2015/2016) Cover for Winter Traditionally, Japanese men and women wore thonged wooden clogs, or geta. For the wealthy, these shoes were richly decorated. These geta have fur-trimmed toe covers and would have been worn by an affluent woman on colder days. They feature gold decoration of cranes and pine trees on red lacquer. Two-teethed geta About 1920 Japan Lacquered wood, silk, rabbit fur, grass and metal V&A: FE.11:1, 2-2015
Object history	On display in the V&A exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain between 13 June 2015 – 31 January 2016.
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	FE.11:1,2-2015

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Record created	October 28, 2014
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1302324/pair-of-geta/

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