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Pair of Shoes

Pair of Shoes

Ida ou Nadif Anti-Atlas Mountains region, Morocco
Date
Early 20th century
Medium
Leather; shoe stitched with cotton and silk; trimmed with wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk, cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; couching; silk and cotton wrapped cut tassels
Dimensions
a: 24.5 × 26.4 × 12 cm (9 5/8 × 10 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.); b: 24.4 × 25.5 × 11.9 cm (9 5/8 × 10 × 4 3/4 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson