Shoe
ca. 1873 (made)
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Pair of Chinese child's shoes in white silk satin upper with embroidered floral motifs in multi-coloured silk floss threads, a slightly padded toe section of additional decorative embroidery, and a thin flat cotton sole with embroidered motifs in cotton thread at its bottom.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, cotton, embroidered |
| Brief description | Child's shoe, cotton, silk, embroidered, from Shache (Yarkand), China, ca. 1873 |
| Physical description | Pair of Chinese child's shoes in white silk satin upper with embroidered floral motifs in multi-coloured silk floss threads, a slightly padded toe section of additional decorative embroidery, and a thin flat cotton sole with embroidered motifs in cotton thread at its bottom. |
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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. |
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| Other number | 13,072 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 2077(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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