Quilted left bootee

Details

• Title

  Quilted left bootee

• Associated people

  Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Xinjiang › Yarkand (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › China › Xinjiang › Kashgar (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1869

• Material and technique

  cotton and silk, ikat dyed, quilted, and fulled

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed › resist dyed › ikat resist dyed;

  needleworked › quilted

• Object type

  clothing › foot-wear › boot;

  textile

• Dimensions

  55 x 24.5 cm max. (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.7195.a

Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more