Shoe

Museum number:
9-16462
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3714
Description:
Shoe on attached stand; cotton lined cloth slipper (man's or boy's?) embroidered and appliqué, floral & net design, leather strips reinforce heel & toe, stand of coarse cloth covered w/ plaster or clay narrows to heel-shaped base, leather piece w/ cut-out design nailed into place on bottom of base. Embroidered and appliqué cotton in blue, green & tan or yellow (now faded and stained). Stand of plaster (?), cloth & leather. China att. Length = 17.5 cm.
Donor:
Gladys "Gay" Womack and Robert Womack
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shoes (footwear)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shoe, accession number 9-16462, described as Shoe on attached stand; cotton lined cloth slipper (man's or boy's?) embroidered and appliqué, floral & net design, leather strips reinforce heel & toe, stand of coarse cloth covered w/ plaster or clay narrows to heel-shaped base, leather piece w/ cut-out design nailed into place on bottom of base. Embroidered and appliqué cotton in blue, green & tan or yellow (now faded and stained). Stand of plaster (?), cloth & leather. China att. Length = 17.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shoe, accession number 9-16462, described as Shoe on attached stand; cotton lined cloth slipper (man's or boy's?) embroidered and appliqué, floral & net design, leather strips reinforce heel & toe, stand of coarse cloth covered w/ plaster or clay narrows to heel-shaped base, leather piece w/ cut-out design nailed into place on bottom of base. Embroidered and appliqué cotton in blue, green & tan or yellow (now faded and stained). Stand of plaster (?), cloth & leather. China att. Length = 17.5 cm.

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