Pair of Woman's Boots with Tying Ribbon

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Pair of Woman's Boots with Tying Ribbon

Place

China (Object made in)

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Made 900 CE–1000

Medium

Outer boot: silk, complementary weft twill weave with inner warps; seam trim cord: silk, oblique interlacing; ribbon and top boot edge binding: silk, simple and complex gauze weave; lined with silk, plain weave; lining’s upper edge facing: silk, twill damask weave; sole: silk, plain weave; tying ribbon: twill weave self-patterned by areas of twill weave

Dimensions

a: 40 × 29.2 cm (15 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.) b: 39.2 × 28.6 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.) Repeat: 13.2-14 × 12 cm (5 1/8-5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.) c (ribbon): 1.45 × 60.8 cm (5/8 × 24 in.)

Credit Line

Robert Allerton Endowment

Reference Number

1999.503a-c

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