Man's Shoes Gallery Front View

(A/B) Pair of man's silvered leather and black silk brocade ankle boots with gold gilded leather; gilding of floral motif with a daisy-like flower off-set by a leaf topstitch around outline; vamp and lower quarter made of silvered leather; gold leather toe cap with applied gilded leather along inside edge; rounded square toe; upper quarter covered in a black silk brocade with a woven design of vertical cream lace stripes offset with pink alstroemeria flowers; gilding joining silvered leather to brocade upper quarter; fabric is positioned so the flower is over the ankle; center front opening starting at top of vamp and extending to topline, first half is fourteen gold covered grommets and the top half is ten brass shoe lace hooks finished with a row of grommets at top; yellow laces with matching tassel at each end; tongue of silvered leather edged in black silk binding gilding lining the lace opening and topline; center back narrows in at ankle; center back seam at brocade and center back seam joined with gold leather binding; gold leather welt; one inch stacked brown leather flat heel; inside lace opening and topline reinforced with light greenish yellow suede with an orange scalloped edge, topstitched to the lining; dark olive green floral silk brocade lining inside and tongue; brown leather sole (top sole lining probably missing); brown leather covering center sole under the arch and front sole of tan leather, joined together by an elongated S-shape; heel tip of tan leather with small gold and silver studs around the outside including three gold stars at inside center.
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Date: c. 1890-1899