This pair of woman's lotus shoes dates to the late 1800's. Delicate and neve worn. Some fading of the fabric. No tears or holes. They are 6 inches long and approximately 2 inches wide at their widest part at the shoe opening on top. From the Smithsonian web site....... .....'A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in Victorian England, represented the height of female refinement. For families with marriageable daughters, foot size translated into its own form of currency…
