The Frances Young Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
at Skidmore College
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Collection Artwork
Embroidered flowers and gold sequins surround a scrolling vine on a pair of pastel pink shoes with pastel green heels. The shoes have a small white bead on the toes and a butterfly on the backs.
Embroidered flowers and gold sequins surround a scrolling vine on a pair of pastel pink shoes with pastel green heels. The shoes have a small white bead on the toes and a butterfly on the backs.
Embroidered flowers and gold sequins surround a scrolling vine on a pair of pastel pink shoes with pastel green heels. The shoes have a small white bead on the toes and a butterfly on the backs.
Embroidered flowers and gold sequins surround a scrolling vine on a pair of pastel pink shoes with pastel green heels. The shoes have a small white bead on the toes and a butterfly on the backs.
Embroidered flowers and gold sequins surround a scrolling vine on a pair of pastel pink shoes with pastel green heels. The shoes have a small white bead on the toes and a butterfly on the backs.
Embroidered flowers and gold sequins surround a scrolling vine on a pair of pastel pink shoes with pastel green heels. The shoes have a small white bead on the toes and a butterfly on the backs.
Artist
Unrecorded Chinese artist
Title
lotus shoes (shoes for bound feet)
Creation date
probably late 19th or 20th century
Materials
hand-sewn, hand-embroidered silk, cotton, wood
Dimensions
heel size: 1 x 1 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.
object size (each shoe): 3 x 1 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Scot and Julie Cohen
Place of Creation
probably made in Pearl River Delta , China, Asia
Accession Number
2020.6.8.a-b
Object Type
Clothing and Jewelry

Ongoing Research

Research on our collection is ongoing. If you have resources you’d like to share, please contact Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara.
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