This pair of antique Chinese shoes were made with a silk background fabric and embroidered with silk thread using satin stitching. Added appliques velvet fabric in the shape of fish are embroidered with a chain stitch. In Chinese culture, fish represent "abundance". There is one tiny hole the size of a pinhead which is in the vamp fabric just below the fishtail. The shoes show very little wear and are (with that one exception) in very good condition.