Shoe pin cushion

NamePin cushion

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateProbably late 19th century

Place madeChina, East Asia, Asia

MediumSilk, leather

Dimensions4 5/16 × 3 15/16 × 1 3/16 in. (11 × 10 × 3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.3

Object numberFA.2016.24.3

Collections

Asia

DescriptionOn the silk foot of both sides of this shoe are embroidered figures of flowers (one pink, one yellow) and of a girl. The ankle area is of loosely folded silk in pink, pale blue, and yellow. The front area and the toe part of the sole are of pleated ecru colored silk. The heel has an embroidered blue flower. The sole at heel and arch is of gray leather.