Shoes of brown suede embellished at the toe, vamp, and back heel with fine metallic thread in a fan/scale-like design pattern

Title
Shoes of brown suede embellished at the toe, vamp, and back heel with fine metallic thread in a fan/scale-like design pattern
LC Subject
shoes (footwear)
Description
Shoes of brown suede embellished at the toe, vamp, and back heel with fine metallic thread in a fan/scale-like design pattern; elongated, curled pointed toe; pointed vamp and pointed curled at heel; inner shoe of textured red leather; exposed hand-stitching; green stripe at center-back heel.
Provenance
Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
Motif
Fish scale Fan pattern
Work Type
shoes (footwear)
Location
Afghanistan
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
0000.001.002
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Leather Suede Metallic Thread
Technique
Arab slippers Persian-style Extended curled toe Hand-sewn
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Purchased at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan.