A pair of Vintage bound foot feet Chinese shoes flowers butterflies lotus slippers

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Vintage bound foot feet Chinese shoes flowers butterflies lotus slippers
  • Vintage bound foot feet Chinese shoes flowers butterflies lotus slippers
  • Vintage bound foot feet Chinese shoes flowers butterflies lotus slippers
  • Vintage bound foot feet Chinese shoes flowers butterflies lotus slippers
  • Vintage bound foot feet Chinese shoes flowers butterflies lotus slippers

  • A pair of Vintage bound foot feet Chinese shoes flowers butterflies lotus slippers

  • £45.00

:  at  £45.00  each


A beautiful little pair of vintage Chinese Lotus shoes stiffened fabric with butterflies and flowers woven material. These are from the mid to latter part of the 20th century, post war.
when materials were scarce, probably made from scraps from another garment. 
 
Although not made by this factory I think it's also worth a mention - There was a man who recognised a gap in the market for older woman who had bound feet, first he made them from leather but this was expensive and hard to afford for all so then they were made from fabric. The factory was called the Zhiqiang shoe factory in Harbin, On 20th October 1998, China sent out a press release stating that they were officially halting production of a curious variety of footwear known as "lotus shoes". This announcement may have appeared pedestrian to western eyes, but in a way it was a symbolic epitaph for a bizarre custom which had been in practice in parts of China for about a thousand years : A process known as foot binding. These were for sale to all and many tourists brought them home as souvenirs.
 
Measuring ( the sole of the shoe ) 10 cm from heel to toe x 3 cm wide, approx 
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