Title
Child's shoes
Year/Period
Early-mid 20th century
Region
Malacca, Straits Settlements
Accession No.
2011-01871
Collection of
This pair of child's shoes in green velvet is decorated with embroidered flower motifs in silver and gold thread. Peranakan wedding couples in Singapore and Malacca were usually flanked by a page boy and page girl while a wedding couple from Penang would usually have a pair of page boys and page girls. Most garments worn during the wedding were manufactured in China by skilled, professional embroiderers before being shipped to their Straits Chinese customers.
