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PAIR OF SHOES

Creator(s):

Currently in storage


About this object

1 pair slippers of white satin, lace bows and ivory heels. Wedding shoes worn by Emlen Knight Davies, May 1940. 3 1/4 inch, ankle strap shoe, open-toed, ivory silk satin, edged in gold leather, ivory lace butterfly at the vamp. Instep on left (proper) inscribed Bergdorf Goodman and right instep inscribed Delman

Object name:
PAIR OF SHOES
Made from:
Leather (primary) -- ivory --silk satin --lace -- metal -- glass
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
May, 1939
Size:
size - N. 5 1/2 in., L . 8 1/2 in., H. 6 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2014.12.2.1-2
Signature marks:
B661136, & 9462 - WN, 5 1/2 N, 821
Credit line:
Gift of Mia Grosjean, 2014, which she received from her mother Emlen Knight Davies.