Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier watercolor color wheel Robitaille (b

Robitaille (b

I picked this one from a lot of a dozen or so fashion type drawings all by the same maker

but I've got a weakness for boxing related drawings and paintings and toys and more

but in solid shape structurally

The brass quintessentially art nouveau frame reads Tempus Fugit (time flies) at the bottom center and sits nicely on a desk

Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier watercolor color wheel Robitaille (bI 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