Early 20th century
Pair of shoes still sewn to each other. They are in brown silk with a decoration of stylised flowers and foliage. The embroidery was worked in satin stitch (floss silk) and couched metal thread (passing).
TRC 2011.0048a-b
Lotus shoes
Textile Research Centre
Cotton satin metal
Factory woven cloth (satin) hand embroidery (metal thread passing) hand sewn