• English

• Stetson
  for
  Holbrook & Smith
  Suede over Calf, Cap-Toe Oxford Brogue
  Spectator
  Circa 1925
  Euro 1250

  Certainly one of the most lovely spectators I have ever shown, if indeed it may properly be called a spectator. With its suede vamp it seems to mimic the use of spats. In either case it is one of the most beautiful shoes in the collection and certainly an unusual design….and very pleasing. Stylistically it recalls the pointed toe of the 19th century and anticipates the elongated toe affected by today’s most modern designers. The un-dyed welt shows off the contrasting sewing and the 7-Eyelet vamp adds to the stream-lined effect of the entire sculpture. Let us give it its due; this shoe is a masterpiece of subdued elegance, a triumph of design and detail, and suitable for the advanced collector, a wearable museum piece, most flattering to the foot, and the pride of any wardrobe.

  The Stetson Company is well know in the annals off American shoemaking but of Holbrook & Smith, no doubt a fine haberdasher of the last century, I regret, nothing more is known.

  Postage: US $10…Euro 6,90 innerhalb Deutschlands als versichertes Paket. Elsewhere in Europe, Euro 14,20

  Size Details

  US 9.5D..... (UK 8.5E)....... (European 42.5D), for the medium width foot.

  Condition

  Superb! Showing little wear to original sole and original heel.
  The heels of this generation, when rubber, were most often provided by the O'Sullivan Rubber Company. Humphrey O'Sullivan, a printer, came upon the idea of attaching rubber to the heels of his shoes for better traction in his print shop. In the late 19th century he patented the idea and started his firm. O'Sullivan's supplied rubber heels to many shoe manufacturers and often provided heels imprinted with the Logos of their largest customers, like Nunn-Bush, Nettleton and, as in the case, the diamond logo of Stetson.

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