Pair of shoes with decorative embroidery worn by Chinese lady with deformed feet

Made:: 1870-1910 in China

maker:: Unknown

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Pair of silk and cotton shoes, with cotton covered wooden soles, decorative embroidery, probably worn by Chinese lady with deformed feet, Chinese, 1870-1910

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Object Number:: A2078

Materials:: complete, cotton, silk, wood

type:: shoe costume (footwear), ethnography (chinese), costume (footwear), ethnography (chinese), shoe

taxonomy:

furnishing and equipment
costume
footwear

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