Boots (footwear)

Museum number:
9-21291a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
V - 1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
a and b: Men’s black satin boots. Cloth soles, donkey leather seam bindings, green at junction of sole to uppers. Cotton lining with glued-in paper manufacturer’s tag. 36.5 cm overall height; sole 8 cm x 23 cm; uppers heel to toe 26 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Peking, Beijing province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Given to Ilse Fang in Peking by Erich Wolters, antique dealer.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Leather, Paper (fiber product), and Satin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
ca. 1900
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Boots, men’s. c 1900.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Overall height— height 36.5 centimeters, Sole— width 8 centimeters, Uppers, heel to toe— length 26 centimeters, and Sole— length 23 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-21291a,b, described as a and b: Men’s black satin boots. Cloth soles, donkey leather seam bindings, green at junction of sole to uppers. Cotton lining with glued-in paper manufacturer’s tag. 36.5 cm overall height; sole 8 cm x 23 cm; uppers heel to toe 26 cm.

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