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Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-285a,b, described as Pair of rain clogs (geta); wood sole with square ends with two blocks of wood beneath; thick leather cord (hanao) upper; leather cord to go between toes; length: 22.7 cm each.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-6688a,b, described as Woman’s pointed toe leather shoes; embroidery decorations; length 10 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-21281a,b, described as Shoes. Pair of red booties for “lily” (bound) feet. Red broadcloth uppers, embroidered in front with orchids, mandarin ducks, narcissus blossoms, a mouth organ, peaches, and a water bug. Center: white broadcloth in a wide, almost horseshoe-shaped border with an appliqued and embroidered bat. Border sapphire blue. Top edge of horseshoe a black and light blue tape. Bottom edge green and black over light blue. Emanating from heel end a 9.5 cm wide tab of red calico print, lined with off-white cotton cloth. Tab 13.5 cm high, rectangular. Function of its loops to the edge of the uppers unclear. Farther forward, two 41 cm long greyish green ties also serve an unknown purpose. Uppers unlined. Light green stitches from the outlines of the horseshoe border appear on the facing. The white upper sole is piped green at the heel end, then with the cross-section of a pink, dove grey, black and lemon-green silk ribbon. The white cover of the second sole, 1 cm thick at the heel, is embroidered with flowers and vines over the heel. The truncated tip decorated (like the end of a necktie) with an aquamarine tab. The center of the second sole is covered with lavender, pictured silk appliqued with a peach at the heel. On one sole, black broadcloth edges remain. The white, green-piped, quilted heel is glued and tacked to the second sole. Overall length of bootie: 12.5 cm; width of heel at bottom of uppers: 5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-10931a,b, described as Shoes, wood, pair; 23 cm length, 7 cm width
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-12164a,b, described as Shoes, one pair of woven shoes, 25 cm long; both are made of plant material. The soles are 4 warp foundation, weft-faced plain weave; uppers: countered warp twining plain.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-21286a,b, described as Shoes. Pair of light blue booties for “lily” (bound) feet. Uppers pale blue satin with flower pattern embroidered at tip. Front seam secured there with crimson-braid tack, then with cord covered by a black web. Front of uppers ivory satin in an almost horseshoe-shaped maize satin border. This border edged below in a black tape or material outside a narrower red tape stitched on with white thread. Top edge of horseshoe edged in narrow dusty pink tape, again stitched on with white thread; and a somewhat wider strip of dark purple material. Maize satin embroidered with two bats and a flower. An 8 cm-wide tab rises from the heel for putting on the bootie. Red and pale blue cotton, rectangular. Function of white cotton loops unknown. Uppers lined with white cotton cloth. Sharply pointed upper sole covered with pink fabric inside. Heel end piped mauve, further forward with the cross-section of a green, pink and blue ribbon; tip white. Second sole, 1.5 cm thick at the heel, covered with white cotton fabric and stitched to the upper one. The cut-off tip decorated with a flap like the end of a necktie: bias-striped blue and silver material edged at the chevron with a green, white, and lavender tape with inwoven black lozenges. Tapering strips of green, light brown, light grey, and forest green material cover the center. The navy-blue-piped white heel is glued and stitched to this sole. Overall length of bootie: 12.5 cm; width of upper sole: 5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-17785a,b, described as slippers; women's, embroidered silk, multicolored birds, butterflies flowers and foliage, white border blue background, peony on tow white cotton lining, leather sole, never worn. 25 x 7cm
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-4754a,b, described as pair of women’s cloth tabi, purple.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-21283a,b, described as Pair of booties for “lily” (bound) feet. Richly decorated black satin uppers. Sides embroidered with rocks, flowers, birds, bamboo, a butterfly, and a coin, in satin, stem, and split stitch in white, violet, and green shades. Front triangle: apricot-colored satin, embroidered with a daisy in the same shades. Triangle framed by woven borders, 1.2 cm wide. Above satin, a 2.2 cm wide border. It descends at the heel, to accomodate the heel-slit for putting on the bootie. Upper edge covered with faded turquoise satin. Slit secured with a knot of crimson, triple-cord strands. Uppers padded and lined with white cotton cloth. A grey, patterned cotton fabric covers the piping between uppers and sole. Whitened thick sole tapers off toward the tip, is 1.6 cm high at the heel; covered underneath with a red-bordered white cotton cloth, the seam concealed with a black tape decorated with a narcissus-blossom pattern. Tip and heel reinforced with nailed on pieces of leather. Tip stitched onto thick sole. Inner edges cut in lotus-petal shape. Sole 15 cm long; greatest height of standing bootie: 13 cm; length of top opening: 13.4 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-10933, described as Shoes of woven fiber; upper third is multicolored decoration; 25 cm length; 10 cm width

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