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Object Number
991-12-60/15122A
Display Title
Part of a Set of Child's Clothes: Pair of Red Embroidered Cotton Socks/Shoes
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Part of a set of a child's clothes: pair of red embroidered socks/shoes. Cotton gauze on the insides. Floral decor done in satin stitch (in purples and blues). High soles. * The set was given by Wang Wen Shao (Grand Secretary) for Sarah Buchan Jewell. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Each: 25 cm. (?) x 16.5 cm. (?) x 6 cm. (?).
Inventory Description
Sock, red silk, pink cotton sole, purple embroidered cuffs, faded
Classification
- Sock
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 13.7 cm (6 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15122A B
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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