Baby Shoes; William Skinner and Sons Sunbak fabric; 1951.
date: label: date made
content: 1951
name: label: maker
content: William Skinner and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: White satin baby shoes; William Skinner and Sons Sunbak fabric; 1951. White Baby Shoes with White lace and Pink embroidery; made of Sunbak viscose rayon satin face with wool back serge; 1951; Holyoke, MA. Hand embroidered pink roses with green accent on toe and strap. Cotton lace trim on strap. Machine zig zag stitch to finish edges. Sole piece is turned up and stitched to the upper to bind the pieces together. There is no additional structure to the sole. The center back seam is hand stitched as is the lace trim. There are two mother-of-pearl like buttons on each shoe, one is decorative and one is functional. The accession file includes a photo enlargement of tthe patented weaving process for Sunbak fabric trademark of William Skinner and Sons.
label: Description
content: Hand embroidered pink roses with green accent on toe and strap. Cotton lace trim on strap. Machine zig zag stitch to finish edges. Sole piece is turned up and stitched to the upper to bind the pieces together. There is no additional structure to the sole. The center back seam is hand stitched as well as the lace trim. There are two mother-of-pearl like buttons on each shoe, one is decorative and one is functional. The accession file includes a photo enlargement of tthe patented weaving process for Sunbak fabric trademark of William Skinner and Sons.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Holyoke
label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
label: related event
content: Korean War
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William Skinner and Sons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10981.000
label: catalog number
content: T10981.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Baby, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: baby shoes, pair
label: Object Name
content: Baby Shoes, pair
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: Sunbak (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: viscose rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 5.3975 cm x 4.445 cm