Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier geometric drawing turning into greenery

turning into greenery

I might think so

and domino cards too

It appears it was once coated in dark red paint—still on the reverse

where he kept a large studio in the basement of a large Victorian home

Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier geometric drawing turning into greeneryI just thought these were so sweet and lovely I could not leave them behind. I know that they came from a collection of items handed down from the owners of a family owned clothing store in Brooklyn, and believe they date to sometime between the 1920s 40s. I believe they were floor samples, and understand that these sorts of slipper were ordered as blanks, and then embroidered locally. Some losses to the embroidery and the soles are well worn which