Shoes for Bound Feet, Southern-style overshoes with open toes

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Title Shoes for Bound Feet, Southern-style overshoes with open toes
Location Country China
Style Period 19th Century Art; 20th Century Art
Description clockwise from top: overshoes in embroidered dark blue cotton with cotton heel, tucked inside is a matching pair of shoes (L: 3-3/4", 20th Century CE), overshoes in embroidered silk upper and two-part cotton sole (L: 4-1/2", 19th century CE), overshoes in dark blue appliqued cotton and wooden sole reinforced with nail pegs (L: 4-5/8", 19th century CE)
Subject Costumes and Textiles; Asian Art
Creation Date 19th Century CE, 20th Century CE
Form objects; costume / textile
Source Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet, by Dorothy Ko. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2001.
Work ID 20729
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s63n5ghd
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 46577
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63n5ghd
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