Pair of Boots
1800-1900 (made)
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Pair of boots, of soft leather, covered to three quarters of their height with red and green velvet applied in a pattern. The upper part is covered with green cloth, embroidered in chain-stitch with floral sprays. The soles are of leather.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Leather; silk velvet; cotton; wool; embroidery in silk and metallic threads |
| Brief description | Pair of boots, leather with applied silk velvet and silk embroidery, Khotan (modern Hetian/Hotan), Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, 1800-1900 |
| Physical description | Pair of boots, of soft leather, covered to three quarters of their height with red and green velvet applied in a pattern. The upper part is covered with green cloth, embroidered in chain-stitch with floral sprays. The soles are of leather. |
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| Credit line | Given by Captain George Sherriff |
| Object history | The green trousers came into the Museum as part of a set with a magenta pink coat, blue tunic, green trousers, red waistcoat, a tasselled hat and silver and coral plait decorations. George Sherriff (1898-1967), the renowned plant hunter who donated them to the Museum, recorded that he acquired them in Khotan, a town in today's Xinjiang Region of China. (Registered File number 1898/1932) |
| Production | From the Khotan region (modern Hetian/Hotan) |
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| Associated object | T.31F-1932 (Part) |
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| Accession number | T.31D&E-1932 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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