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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Darkwing Manor, post: 2173819, member: 738&quot;]We had a number of these shoes in the collection at the So Oregon Historical Society. Some were genuine, hand-embroidered by the future bride to impress her future female in-laws with her needlework skills. Others were manufactured for the tourist trade. Unfortunately, I don&#039;t know how to tell the difference. Description of the ones in 2nd photo: &quot;Lotus&quot; slippers for bound feet. &quot;Two shoes tacked together by thread, not separable as is. Soles of white leather, heel is pale green silk couched with gold thread designs of leaves and vines with one &#039;forbidden&#039; stitch in pink at back of leaf center. Body of shoe is pale pink silk with couched gold and green tripart leaves and tendrils with ornate red satin stitch and diapered gold band around top of shoe. Back has attached heel flap in pale pink silk with woven tape edge, also has one red satin ribbon tie. Lined with natural linen.&quot; The last image shows a typical shoe worn by a middle-class woman without bound feet. it doesn&#039;t look that easy to navigate either.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]253281[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]253282[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]253283[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]253284[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]253285[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]253286[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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