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Description: | Man's leather shoe with a profusely decorated upper and a backward curved toe. The upper is decorated with pieces of cream leather (?) with cut-out sections revealing a crimson red velvet underneath. There is also much embroidery in silver coloured metal thread. As traditionally worn by South Asian bridegrooms on their wedding day (worn along with the jacket TWCMS : 2011.2731.1, trousers TWCMS : 2011.2731.2 and turban TWCMS : 2011.2733. Purchased from Churi Chawk off West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 2011 to represent South Asian wedding dress.
Aspect: sex, Description: m
Aspect: age, Description: adult
Material: leather
Material: velvet
Material: metal
Colour: gold
Colour: red
Colour: cream
image | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.costume&textiles.507428 | Go to resource |
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