The Frances Young Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
at Skidmore College
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Collection Artwork
A gray pair of shoes with embroidered white birds, pastel purple lotus flowers, and pastel blue fanning leaves. Gold flower sequins on black fabric decorate the fronts.
A gray pair of shoes with embroidered white birds, pastel purple lotus flowers, and pastel blue fanning leaves. Gold flower sequins on black fabric decorate the fronts.
A gray pair of shoes with embroidered white birds, pastel purple lotus flowers, and pastel blue fanning leaves. Gold flower sequins on black fabric decorate the fronts.
A gray pair of shoes with embroidered white birds, pastel purple lotus flowers, and pastel blue fanning leaves. Gold flower sequins on black fabric decorate the fronts.
Artist
Unrecorded Chinese artist
Title
lotus shoes (shoes for bound feet)
Creation date
probably late 19th or 20th century
Materials
hand-sewn cotton, hand-embroidered silk, wood
Dimensions
embroidery size: 1 1/4 x 4 in.
heel size: 1 x 1 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
object size (each shoe): 5 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Scot and Julie Cohen
Place of Creation
probably made in Zhejiang region , China, Asia
Accession Number
2020.6.13.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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