Pair of Slippers
19th century (made)
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Pair of slippers of twisted and plaited straw with a leather sole and lined with blue silk. Left side of a pair of Chinese (most likely of ethnic minority) slippers with its upper made of twisted and plaited straw.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Twisted and plaited straw, leather, lined with silk |
| Brief description | Pair of slippers of twisted and plaited straw, leather sole and lined with silk, China, 19th century |
| Physical description | Pair of slippers of twisted and plaited straw with a leather sole and lined with blue silk. Left side of a pair of Chinese (most likely of ethnic minority) slippers with its upper made of twisted and plaited straw. |
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| Object history | Description at accession: "Pair of slippers the upper of twisted and plaited straw, the sole of leather lined with sky-blue silk. Chinese, 19th-century" According to Garrett, woven straw shoes were worn in the summer in the souther provinces (Garrett,161). Woven straw shoes are also most likely worn by peasants in the coldest weather where black cloth shoes or straw sandals were worn. (Garrett, 114). |
| Bibliographic reference | Garrett, Valery M., Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. |
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| Accession number | T.250&A-1916 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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