shoes, pair of
date: label: Date made
content: 1968-1971
name: label: designer?
content: Mainbocher
label: maker
content: Delman
label: maker
content: Delman
notes: label: Description
content: Black peau de soie pump; tapered front on vamp; squared toe; vamp has slightly high curved edges; tapered 2 1/2" high, rounded heel; lining and sockliner of beige; metallic gold embossed label on sockliner
label: Description
content: Label text: Mainbocher / Delman / New York / London / Paris
label: Description
content: Donor's mother, Josephine Guenzer, was one of Mainbocher's assistants at his salon in New York, during the 1960s and until the early 1970s when it closed in '71. Shoes were probably used for fashion shows.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: made in
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Geraldine Oberling
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0274.010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Pair of
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Worn on the Body
label: Object Type
content: Shoes
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Footwear
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in; 23.495 cm