Embroidered Shoes–The Art of Cloth Shoes

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Cloth shoes are produced with the appearance of textile industry. Before the appearance of textile industry, people experienced a period that they use wild flax to knit shoes. So, knitting shoes goes first and then spinning develops on the basis of knitting. The ancient cloth is not a cotton cloth, it is a textile fabric made of coarse grass linen and flax. The coarse grass linen is the earliest textile material and is the earliest material used to produce shoes.

Embroidery is an excellent folk art in China; it has a long history and excellent tradition. In Qin and Han Dynasty, with the development of textile embroidery, the accessories of shoes have gradually turned from simple to gorgeous. To the Western Han Dynasty, textile industry had become a very important section of handicraft industry. The textile materials include wool, linen, silk and coarse grass linen. To the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Chinese silk shoes were still popular. To Sui Dynasty, the upper of shoes is still made of silk, but the sole has been used leather instead of wood. The brocade boots appeared in Tang Dynasty. This kind of shoes was made well-craft, with a beautiful appearance. In Song Dynasty, brocade takes the priory in shoes accessories. Shoes are embroidered with various designs. According to their different materials, manufacturing methods, and decorations, they can be divided into embroidery, damask shoes, stain shoes, and gold thread shoes.

The manufacture craft has developed very well in Qing Dynasty. There are kinds of traditional stitch. Among them, Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Sichuan embroidery and Guangdong embroidery are called the Chinese four famous embroideries. This is undoubtedly a big push to the Qing Dynasty’ embroidered shoes. Twenty years after the Revolution of 1911, a shoe store called “small garden” sell the shoes that are the representative of embroidery. That is spring shoes embroidered with roses, summer shoes with lotus, autumn shoes with chrysanthemums and winter shoes with blossoms.

Culture is the sum of material and spiritual civilization created by human being in the long history of human society. This is an irreversible inheritance. Therefore, the culture of shoes will certainly make a profound influence on the design of shoes and footwear. And it through the art and technology make a great influence on the design of modern shoe products directly or indirectly.

Summary: China is a country with a long history, so is the shoe culture, this article will present the history of China’s embroidered shoes.

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