RARE LATE 19TH C SILK SATIN FUNERAL SHOES W LACING REAR

Description

RARE LATE 19TH C SILK SATIN FUNERAL SHOES W LACING REAR
DATING TO THE VICTORIAN 19TH CENTURY
FASHIONED OF SILK SATIN WITH THE REAR IN METAL GROMMETS WITH THE ORIGINAL LACING HAVING METAL TIPPED AGLETS
GROMMETS ARE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FOOT AND WOULD HAVE HAD A RIBBON WEAVING THROUGH
THESE SHOES WERE NOT MADE TO EVER BE WORN, THEY WOULD NOT HOLD UP TO WEAR
CONDITION
:  SMALL SCUFF STAINING FROM STORAGE IS SEEN WITH SOME BROWN STAINING TO ONE HEEL AND THE OPPOSITE SHOE HAVING SMALL SOILING AND A DARKENED STAIN ATOP THE VAMP.
THERE IS ALSO A SMALL SPLIT BEGINNING ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE SHOE WITH THE BLACK STAIN
VERY HARD TO FIND THESE FUNERAL SHOES
SIZING
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MEASUREMENTS IN INCHES:
WIDEST WIDTH:  3
HEEL HEIGHT:  1 1/2
NATURAL CURVE OF THE FOOT:  10
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_gsrx_vers_1292 (GS 8.3.6 (1292))