Shoes for bound feet; uppers of turquoise silk embroidered with flowers in white, green, blue, red, yellow, black and orange threads. The top of the uppers are bound with gold thread and black silk thread with lacings of white silk thread and lining of coarse white cotton. The sole and heel are of pink, blue and white silk, the latter being embroidered with a flower in pink, mauve, blue and green thread.
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