Shoe

Shoe

Object name: Shoe
Date: 1700-1902
Dimensions:
10 x 4 x 11 mm
Medium: Silk, leather
Object number: C02307
DescriptionChinese foot-bound shoe with a cream silk background along the sides, and a blue silk ankle guard lined with linen. They have a pink, white and black galloon around the top edge, and are decorated with raised embroidered flowers, gold metal thread and small silver spangles. There is green, pink and yellow woven fabric wrapped around the heel.