Lotus shoes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Red and beige lotus shoes by unknown artist. The shoe is tall and narrow with a beige upper section and a red lower section. The beige section has a darker brown mottled appearance. The top edge of the beige section is uneven. There are black stitching lines around the bottom of the beige section. The red section features a design of red laces crisscrossing over a beige panel. A thin blue line with gold dots runs along the edge of the red section. The heel of the shoe is thick and beige. The toe of the shoe points to the right. The background is white.