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1925-1930
GUSN-12458
Cream silk satin; cream binding; trimmed with cream tulle rosette with wax orange blossoms; round pointed toe; round throat; side seams at sharp angle from throat; 2 1/2" ramp; narrow waist; sole continues along heel; 3 1/4" heel covered with self-fabric; pink lining.
shoes (footwear)
footwear
leather
stitching
machine-made
satin
silk (textile)
tulle (meshed textile)
weddings
Women's clothing
Silk
Satin
Leather
Tulle
Hand Stitched
Wedding
SHOES
Walk Right In 11/98-3/99 By the early twentieth century, wedding shoes were made with the same high heels as contemporay fashionable footwear. White silk satin uppers with tulle rosettes and clusters of wax berries placed on toe are typical of wedding shoes of this era.
Embossed on lining of both shoes: 1) ""THAYER McNEIL COMPANY/ BOSTON"" 2) Original shoe box ""Wedding slippers and stockings"" ""Thayer/ McNEIL/ Company/ BOSTON"" 3) Embossed on soles ""HAND TAILORED""
Thayer McNeil Company
Unknown
Boston, MA, USA, Suffolk Cty
1990.49AB
Massachusetts (United States)
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