Title
Pair of embroidered slippers
Year/Period
around 1922
Region
Acquired in Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: Refer to parts
Accession No.
2019-00646
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr Wee Teck Ee in memory of his parents
Bird and Buddha’s Hand citron motifs are worked with lustrous silk floss in satin stitch, and set against a background of gold threads laid and stitched down ("couched") to create a surface reminiscent of brocade ("sulam songket"). The donor of these slippers remembers that they were given to his mother, probably as part of her trousseau (personal items a bride takes with her to start her married life), when she married his father in Singapore in 1922. Gold embroidery slippers were often displayed in glass-fronted cabinets in the wedding chamber, signaling wealth and abundance.
