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Creator
Arlace Boot Shop, Boston
Date Created
1930s
Subject
Costume accessories; Worn costume accessories; Legs; Feet; Footwear
Description
1930s. Dress shoes. Black faille with a moderately long vamp (toe) coming to a moderate rounded point, sewn at the sides to the quarters (backs) which have a center back seam. An openwork strap is closed by an oval silver buckle with small inset rhinestones. All edges are bound with twill tape. The continuous leather sole incorporates a fabric-covered straight-sided French/Louis/spike heel. Professionally made. Machine-sewn.
Extent
Length: 25.4 cm / 10 in.
Width: 7.6 cm / 3 in.
Heel height: 7.9 cm / 3.125 in.
Provenance
Gift of Helen McLaughlin Stamp inside right shoe: "Arlace Boot Shop, 160 Tremont St., Boston"
Museum Number
432
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Library
Medium
Faille, leather
Contributor
Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator
Date Digitized
2-2-2019
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Keywords
Women's shoes (footwear), 1930s, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Dress shoes, Faille, Black (color), Leather sole, French heel, Louis heel, Spike heel, Openwork strap, Buckle, Rhinestones, Twill tape, Professionally made, Machine-sewn, McLaughlin (donor)
Comments
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.