Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier watercolor color wheel but I've got a weakness

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

Each measures 7 1/4" x 4 7/8" and they are in great

This and the rest from what I understand came from a  sketchbook of drawings she did in the 1930s or so

Early 20th century I would think

Splits as evident but very stable and with a beautiful sheen to the wood accrued over what I believe to be more than 200 years

Embroidered Black Velvet Shoes, Floor Samples from Brooklyn Clothier watercolor color wheel but I've got a weaknessI 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