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Reincarnated Soles

Pair of Shoes
2017 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of peep toe clogs with black leather upper, wooden wedge heels carved with a dragon head holding a pearl in its mouth, and coated with red lacquer and edged with eggshell lacquer.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Titles
  • Reincarnated Soles (named collection)
  • Bitten Dragon (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carved wood, lacquer, eggshell, cow leather
Brief description
Pair of peep toe clogs, black leather uppers, carved wood wedge heels coated with red and eggshell lacquer, designer LanVy Nguyen, designer and woodcarver Do Van Thanh, lacquer artist Tran Xuan Minh and cobbler Nguyen Son, for FASHION4FREEDOM, Hue, Vietnam, 2017
Physical description
Pair of peep toe clogs with black leather upper, wooden wedge heels carved with a dragon head holding a pearl in its mouth, and coated with red lacquer and edged with eggshell lacquer.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Length: 21cm
Size 25
Credit line
Given by FASHION4FREEDOM
Collection
Accession number
IS.5:1, 2-2019

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Record createdJuly 24, 2018
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