Moroccan Silk Slippers

These dainty, pointed slippers, made of blue silk and embroidered with pink flowers, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity in the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These embroidered silk lotus slippers...

A delicate and decorative pair of baby shoes, hand crafted with embroidered silk and paper, often worn to celebrate the Chinese New Year. 19th century in age, we age related losses ...

ANTIQUE CHINESE HANDMADE TEXTILE SHOES In the form of stylised animals with faces on the front, probably made for Chinese New Year and representing the symbol from that year, quite ...

A lot of antique Moroccan Berber hand woven textiles with silk. The textile is adorned with traditional foliage, geometrical and abstract patterns. One ware is adorned with fringes. ...

A vintage Arabic Islamic Moroccan red and gold silk robe. Flowing fabric with a unique pattern. A vibrant red background adorned with subtle golden accents. Can be draped and used fo...

A vintage Arabic Islamic Moroccan red and gold silk robe. Flowing fabric with a traditional geometrical pattern. A vibrant red background adorned with subtle golden accents. The robe...

nr. 1025 - Rare little Moroccan TUAREG mat, found and purchased by a traveller more than thirty years ago in a remote village in the mountains of Morocco. It's intact, without breaks...

My carpets are not affected by fashions. After a year the new modern carpets are no longer worth the price paid because the trend has changed, already gone further: that design is al...

Rare antique Fergana Uzbekistn silk ikat, dubbed with other silk light blue ikat - There is a rich bibliography on these Turkmenistan textiles - Hanging on the wall like a tapestry, ...

Beautiful antique silk Japanese Kimono.