1873~, Shache

1873~, Shache

Identifier
2074A/(IS)
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
42 cm (height)
23.5 cm (length)
9 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

One side of a pair of boots made of leather lined with purple and brown woollen felt appliqué, with elaborately embroidered and heavily couched floral motifs in a combination of silk, metal, gold and woollen threads on its upper and its cuff, with a blue-painted hemp layered at the top of the pitched cuff. A front vamp lined with magenta-dyed cotton/woollen ends, and edged with chagrin (or shagreen) between its upper and wooden sole and 4 cm high heel painted with decorative marks, and layered with leather at the bottom. Most likely worn by women from the city of Yarkand (also known as Shache in Chinese) at festive occasions. Women's boots (each one of a pair). Leather embroidered with metal-wrapped threads. From Yarkand; 19th century. Collected by Sir Douglas Forsyth, and given by him in 1875. [] One side of a pair of woman's boots made of leather lined with woollen felt appliqué and embroidered, from Shache (Yarkand), China, ca. 1873