Pair of Shoes
ca. 1873 (made)
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A Manchu shoe for women of lower ranks characterised by its thick boat-shaped convex sole which consists of a wooden frame upon which white cotton cloth is stretched, with its heel covered in red cotton. It has a light blue silk satin upper densely embroidered with floral and plant motifs in pink, beige and green silk threads which extends to its vamp whose edge is outlined with a leather-like material, and a heel band lined in light blue silk satin stitched onto the back of the shoe.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, cotton, leather and wood |
| Brief description | Pair of woman's shoes, acquired from Shache (Yarkand), Xinjiang, China, ca. 1873 |
| Physical description | A Manchu shoe for women of lower ranks characterised by its thick boat-shaped convex sole which consists of a wooden frame upon which white cotton cloth is stretched, with its heel covered in red cotton. It has a light blue silk satin upper densely embroidered with floral and plant motifs in pink, beige and green silk threads which extends to its vamp whose edge is outlined with a leather-like material, and a heel band lined in light blue silk satin stitched onto the back of the shoe. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Part of an ethnological collection acquired by Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth from Yarkand (Shache in Chinese) in 1873-4. |
| Bibliographic reference | Garrett, Valery M. A Collector's Guide to Chinese Dress Accessories. Singapore: Times Editions, 1997. |
| Other number | 13,055 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 2076:1, 2/(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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