Pair of Japanese Woman’s Shoes (zori)
2009
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Pair of Japanese Woman’s Shoes (zori)
2009
Physical Qualities
Vinyl, leather (?), silk (?), rubber (?), 10 1/2 x 3 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (26.7 x 9.2 × 7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles W. Newhall III, Baltimore
Object Number
2014.81.1h
A pair of zori or Japanese woman's shoes. Composed of gold metallic colored vinyl inner sole and sides, light blue leather (?) outer sole, a rubber (or vinyl) heel plate. The thong (hanao) portion is of a velvet or velvet-like fabric with low knap in off-white and yellow, embroidered in silk threads of red-violet, multiple shades of green, blue, and other colors of silk threads in with patterns of waves, flowers, and other motifs.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Charles Newhall, Baltimore by purchase, Tokyo, Japan
Anita Jones and Ann Marie Moeller, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, "Kimono and Obi: Romantic Echoes from Japan's Golden Age," July 10, 2016 - January 15, 2017.
