American
c. 1900

Black patent leather evening shoes with steel cut buckles with beading on the toes. The pointed toes and two-inch Louis XV-style heels are representative of Edwardian fashions. The interiors of the shoes are lined with leather, and the insoles are labeled “J & J Slater, Broadway, NY.” J & J Slater was a famous twentieth-century women’s shoe manufacturer who was based in New York City.