Antique Chinese Embroidered Silk Bound Foot Feet Lotus Shoes Flowers Gold Thread
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:6832282 | Region of Origin: Chinese |
| Original/Repro: Antique Original | Product: Textile |
I have been collecting interesting, unusual and pretty vanity items, jewellery and silver for 30 years but I am now selling quite a lot of my collection off over the coming year. I do also have some very nice bits of larger antique silver to list which I will try to do every week so please be patient and look back from time to time :)
For This Auction......
A glorious pair of antique Chinese embroidered lotus bound foot shoes. Lovely embroidery dep...icting song flowers in couch stitch or blind stitch and gold thread work. Stitched to short silk leggings in pale green to yellow watered silk with an embroidered panel of butterfly's and flowers. There is a stitched linen panel at the back of the leggings for support. Some of the gold thread is just working lose to the embroidered heels, there is some wear to the silk leggings at the front and top back and a patch of wear to the fronts of the top embroidered panel all commensurate with age and mentioned for complete accuracy otherwise in good antique condition. A beautiful addition to any collection. They measure 10 cm from tip to heel x 22 cm from the heel to the top of the legging.
Please take a look at the other things listed from this collection, if you require more than one item please let me know always happy to combine the delivery :)
For This Auction......
A glorious pair of antique Chinese embroidered lotus bound foot shoes. Lovely embroidery dep...icting song flowers in couch stitch or blind stitch and gold thread work. Stitched to short silk leggings in pale green to yellow watered silk with an embroidered panel of butterfly's and flowers. There is a stitched linen panel at the back of the leggings for support. Some of the gold thread is just working lose to the embroidered heels, there is some wear to the silk leggings at the front and top back and a patch of wear to the fronts of the top embroidered panel all commensurate with age and mentioned for complete accuracy otherwise in good antique condition. A beautiful addition to any collection. They measure 10 cm from tip to heel x 22 cm from the heel to the top of the legging.
Please take a look at the other things listed from this collection, if you require more than one item please let me know always happy to combine the delivery :)
