One side of a pair of boots, most likely worn by women from the city of Yarkand (also known as Shache in Chinese) at festive occasions. It is made of leather lined with red and green woollen felt appliqué with elaborately embroidered floral motifs in a combination of silk 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 4cm-high heel painted, and layered with leather at the bottom. Woman's boot, leather silk, embroidered, from Sache (Yarkund), China, ca. 1873 Woman's boots (each one of a pair) Leather with silk embroidery and velvet trim. From Yarkand; 19th century. Collected by Sir Douglas Forsyth, and given by him in 1875. These highly decorated, heeled boots were probably for special occasions. []