Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier watercolor color wheel This and the rest from

This and the rest from what I understand came from a  sketchbook of drawings she did in the 1930s or so

Early 20th century I would think

and a mini-adult one on the baby too

as if to say FU to it all

Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier watercolor color wheel This and the rest fromI 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