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Pair of Shoes
1850–1932
- Medium
- Abacá fiber: macramé knotted lace
- Classification
- Garment
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.6 x 22.9 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 9 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Philippines
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Textiles
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Lyman H. Treadway
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Finely knotted abacá fibers form intricate geometric patterns in this small pair of shoes, likely created for display rather than for wear. Some sections are dyed, adding subtle tonal variation to the design. The macramé technique combined with local abacá suggests a colonial-era or early-20th-century hybrid craft, likely taught in a convent or school setting.
