Shoes Item Number: 984/8 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pair of rigid shoes with thick stiff soles of natural brown leather studded with iron hobnails at the heels and toes, and stitches along the edges. Parallel lines are scored along the length of the soles. Shoes have low sides, but are high at the back of the heels and have upturned toes. There is narrow white leather piping along the edges, and the white leather extended down inside the heel. The sides of the shoes are covered with pink silk, over which are applied pieces of light green silk at the toe and heel. Small fragments of dark pink decorative pieces remain at the toes and heels. There are narrow bands of darker green silk at the top and bottom of the sides, with a row of heavy white stitches along the lower band. The shoes are white inside, and the soles are lines with loose cotton batting.
History Of Use
Such shoes are typical of those worn by women of the official or Yangban class in the late Chosun Dynasty. All shoes at that time were this shape, but they were named according to the decorative patterns. These are called “Yun-hae”, “cloud shoes”, because of the cloud-shaped decoration at the heels and toes.
Specific Techniques
Soles and sides of shoes are hand-stitched. Green bands are machine-stitched. The seam on the inside is done with invisible stitching. The soles may have been scored with hot steel.
Item History
- Made in Korea between 1910 and 1920
- Owned by Hi Soon Kim before August 7, 1984
- Received from Hi Soon Kim (Seller) and Unknown (Funding source) on August 7, 1984
What
- Name
- Shoes
- Identification Number
- 984/8 a-b
- Type of Item
- shoe
- Material
- deer skin ?, silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye and paste adhesive
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, formed, spun, woven, dyed, stitched, pasted and nailed
- Part A
- height 6.4 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 23.5 cm
- Part B
- height 6.7 cm, width 7.4 cm, depth 23.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Korean
- Previous Owner
- Hi Soon Kim
- Received from
- Hi Soon Kim (Seller) and Unknown (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Korea
When
- Creation Date
- between 1910 and 1920
- Ownership Date
- before August 7, 1984
- Acquisition Date
- on August 7, 1984
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0984/0008 a-b