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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.

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.

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.