Pair of Japanese shoes. Rawhide sole with thin worked leather sewn on. Painted white on sides. Canvas inner shoe, outer shoe covered with embroidered red silk. Blue and green pansies with brown stems, knots of brown and cream. Brown paper strips interwov
Letter dated 7/15/1938 from Alice Ewing to Mr. Bausman states that the shoes are valuable '...because it was the time when Japan was first opened to the occident by Commodore Perry.'
Pair of shoes. Black leather lined in front half with white canvas. Canvas is stamped in blue '26556107 / 34-No906'. 1.5' heel is semi-circular with screw attachment visible. Heel curves in from back. Pointy toe covered on top with two sizes of black bea
White, flat, hairpin silk shoes with lace ribbon bows. Lined in soft canvas. Soft leather soles. No heel. Silk cord attached to both. Fine grossgrain ribbon around opening of shoe. Right shoe is in excellent condition. Left shoe has damaged silk at heel
