Pair of boots with flowers

Details

• Title

  Pair of boots with flowers

• Associated people

  possibly Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › China (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1869

• Material and technique

  leather, embroidered with gold-coloured and silver metal thread; cotton border, dyed blue, and embroidered in white, yellow, and pink silk or cotton; velvet decoration, dyed green; blue silk tassels; green leather at heel and edge of sole

• Material index

  processed material › leather;

  processed material › metal;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  velvet woven;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  dyed

• Object type

  clothing › foot-wear › boot;

  textile

• Dimensions

  each boot 43 x 22 cm max. (height x width)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  refer to individual records

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.7420

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