Chinese Red Embroidered Slippers
DateQing Dynasty, late 19th century
Object NameSlippers
Mediumsilk and cotton
ClassificationsFashion and Dress
DimensionsShoe 1: height 6.3cm, width 5.5cm, length 19cm
Shoe 2: height 6.3cm, width 5.5cm, length 19cm
Shoe 2: height 6.3cm, width 5.5cm, length 19cm
AcquisitionCatherine Weller Bequest, 2017.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS093669
About MeThese red silk slippers are decorated with colourful embroidered flowers, foliage, a bird and two jagged lines in satin stitch.
The interior is lined with pale pink cotton with printed green and white flowers and red polka dots.
There are 12 Chinese Zodiac signs. The bird on these slippers is a cockerel which represents the Rooster Chinese zodiac sign so the person who owned these slippers may have been born in the Year of the Rooster.
Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
Qing Dynasty, Guangxu Period, 1875-1908
Qing Dynasty, mid - late 19th century
Qing Dynasty, mid 19th century
possibly early 20th Century
19th Century
16-May-1859
