shoe; 鞋(Chinese) BM-MAS.717

Period:Unknown Production date:3rdC-4thC
Materials:silk, hemp, leather, 絲綢 (Chinese), 麻 (Chinese), 皮革 (Chinese),
Technique:sewn, 縫製的 (Chinese), twined (basketry), 绞编 (Chinese),

Dimensions:Height: 4 centimetres Length: 22.80 centimetres Width: 10.50 centimetres

Description:
A shoe made of twining method with round front and low side. Two pieces of leather are patched to the front and heel, but the later is incomplete now. Two sets of coloured silks were twined and changed in position for patterning. The front pattern is divided into three sections, from the top, one with white geometric pattern on red ground, one with purple, blue, light blue or yellow patterns including rosette and wang character on white ground, and the bottom one also with white geometric pattern on red ground. White curves on yellow ground are used for the side pattern, with a repeat of 2.8cm in horizontal direction. The sole is made of hemp with twining method. Similar shoes are often found in tombs located in Gansu and Xinjiang in the northwest of China. Weave structures: Vertical threads: invisible; Twining threads: silk, S twisted, red, white, blue, light blue, purple and yellow, 28 threads/cm. Weave structure: twining weave. 圓頭，平口，鞋頭處縫有皮質補丁，鞋跟處原有皮掌，現大部分已經殘缺。此履以絞編法制成，即用兩根彩色絲線互相絞轉，表裏換層，以顯示花紋。鞋頭圖案自上而下分爲三部分，最上端爲紅地上顯白色幾何紋樣，中间爲白色地上以紫、藍、淺藍、黃等色顯花，包括朵花纹、王字纹等，最下端亦爲紅地上顯白色幾何紋樣，鞋幫部分則在黃色地上顯白色曲線圖案，横向循環约爲2.8cm，鞋底以麻線繞編而成。新疆和甘肅等地的墓葬中常有同類織成履出土。 組織結構： 經線：不可見；緯線：絲，S撚，紅、白、藍、淺藍、紫、黃色，28根/cm；組織：絞編組織。
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