Title
Embroidered slipper faces with phoenix motif
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: Dimensions Varies. Please refer to individual parts
Accession No.
2019-00607
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the Lim Family in memory of Edna Chong Kim Neo
Decorated with a figure of a phoenix at the centre, these slipper faces would have been used as vamps for a pair of slippers for a Peranakan bride. Cotton thread is used to overstitch metallic thread in a technique known as tekad timbol, creating a grid-like effect. This was made by Chong Kim Neo (1916-1972), who made beaded slippers and garments from her home as she did not own a shop.
