Ladies’ high-heeled blue shoe embroidered with floral motifs

Title
Ladies’ high-heeled blue shoe embroidered with floral motifs
Year/Period
1920s
Region
Shanghai
Dimension
Gross measurement: H:9.7 x W:7.5 x D:24 cm
Accession No.
2008-06167-001
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Lim Tiong Guan

This ladies’ high-heeled blue shoe embroidered with floral motifs was made in Shanghai, China.The artefact was donated by Mr. Lim Tiong Guan, whose maternal grandparents moved from Qingmen, Taiwan to Singapore in the first half of the 20th century. His grandfather came to Singapore as a teenager and later owned a remittance business in Xiamen, China and a sugar-trading business in Singapore. As the family were quite affluent, they were able to own various imported goods.