The Frances Young Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
at Skidmore College
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Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Collection Artwork
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
A tall and cylindrically heeled shoe with pink lotus blossoms embroidered on top of black silk.
Artist
Unrecorded Chinese artist
Title
lotus shoe (shoe for bound foot)
Creation date
probably late 19th or 20th century
Materials
hand-sewn cotton, hand-embroidered silk, wood
Dimensions
embroidery size: 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.
heel size: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
object size: 3 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 5 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Scot and Julie Cohen
Place of Creation
probably made in Shanxi region, China, Asia
Accession Number
2020.6.23
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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