Peal & Company
Dress Cap-Toe Oxford
for
Brooks Brothers
“The Curzon”
Euro 240

Brooks Brothers had marketed several different makers shoes under the “Brooks English” and Peal & Co. names from the 1950’s onward. The present pair is one of the earlier variation and made to the high standards of that time, what would be considered bespoke quality today.

History of the firm: “Peal and Co were founded in 1565 and were the oldest-established and most successful makers in the world, employing up to 200 staff. The firm was established in Durham and moved to Derby in 1765, reaching London in 1791. In 1953 Peal bought their Oxford Street neighbors, Bartley and Son, inheriting their Boot and Fox emblem and moved to Wigmore Street in 1958. The business closed early in 1965, when the family decided that lack of family succession, a declining trade and shortage of skilled staff made closure their best option. The closure of Peal and Co was very helpful to the remaining shoemakers in London including Foster and Son, who acquired two important assets, the boot and fox emblem and Terry Moore.” The old Peal lasts are still said to be in use by Foster & Son who acquired them at the closure.

Peal & Co. counted among their clients luminaries from both sides of the Atlantic, among them (a much shortened list);

Selected list of customers:
Fred Astaire
Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore
Humphrey Bogart & Mrs H Bogart (Lauren Bacall)
Sir Charles Chaplin
Gary Cooper
Mrs Walt Disney
Sir Douglas Fairbanks
Henry Fonda
James Garner
Cary Grant
Rex Harrison
Boris Karloff
Steve McQueen
John Mills
David Niven
Sir Laurence Olivier
Mary Pickford
Mrs Rudolph Valentino
Guy de Rothschild
Henry Ford II & Mrs H Ford
Benny Goodman
Dean Martin,
Jehudi Menuhin
Richard Avedon
Lady Violet Bonham Carter nee Asquith, 40 Gloucester Sq.,
Mrs Neville Chamberlain
Rt Hon Sir Anthony Eden KG
Dean G Acheson, US Secretary of State
Barry Goldwater, Senator
Edward L Kennedy
John F Kennedy
Mr Marx of Berlin c/o Dr W Smith, West Lodge, West End Lane, Hampstead
Col. Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR & Eleanor
Theodore Roosevelt
HM King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
Hon F Bowes-Lyon, brother of the Queen Mother
F J Bowes-Lyon, Grenadier Guards
Lady Rosemary Spencer Churchill
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Duke of Westminster
Prince Aga Khan
Princess Eugene of Belgium
King of the Hellenes (Greece)
Crown Princess of Greece
Prince Nicholas of Greece
Prince Peter of Greece
Crown Prince Constantine of Greece
Crown Princess of Japan
King & Crown Prince of Norway
Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein
Crown Prince of Sweden
Queen Marie of Yugoslavia

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Shoe Condition:

Excellent. Lightly worn original sole and new rubber heel inserts.

Cap-Toe, 5-Eyelet Oxford
von
Peal & Company
für
Brooks Brothers
“The Curzon”
Euro 240

Wir haben einen extrem gut gefertigten Schuh vor uns, mit Sicherheit einen unter den bestgefertigsten, britischen Schuhen den man finden kann, in einem geschmeidigen, klassischen Stil langer Tradition. Dieses besondere Modell kann mit jeder, ausser mit formalster Kleidung, getragen werden. Fügen Sie Ihrer Business-Garderobe etwas Flair hinzu, oder etwas Eleganz.

Käufer zahlt EUR 6.90 Versandkosten als versichertes Paket. Verkauf ohne Schuh-Spanner

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