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Description: | brown calf, fancy court; leather covered Louis heels, leather sole with rounded toe; 6.4cm high heel with leather tip; upper of 2 pieces of calf; open toe; high at heel, centre back seam, curved down low to toe; 2 upward curved straps and 2 downward curves across vamp, the downward curve overlapping the upward curve at the centre; at the top a similar strap applied overlapping a downward curve; at throat strap from sole seam to sole seam overlapping upward curve; all straps with rows of stitches near edges; top edge bound with brown rayon petersham ribbon
lining: tan suede in heel; fawn leather in foot; fawn leather sock with brown leather at toe
marks: in gold on sock: "Holmes" across coat-of-arms "Norwich" in scroll below; "Dickins & Jones" in rectangle, trade mark of oval of dots and "Contured to the Foot"; hand-written on heel l lining: "6.1/2 B, A 987X/34, 1276, 22022", Worn by donor’s grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Pilsworth (nee Culley), b. 10.7.1888; married 1909 Alderman Louis Pilsworth (1887 – 1950) lace manufacturer in Nottingham, firstly with F W Pare & Co, then in partnership with Pare as Pare and Pilsworth, 1920 to c.1940. From c.1940 to his death he was listed as an embroidery manufacturer. The firm continued, becoming a limited company in c.1955, until 1985 when it closed down. Alderman Pilsworth was Sheriff in 1938 and Lord Mayor in 1941-2. They resided at 7 Sefton Drive, Mapperley Park, Nottingham
Accession number: NCMG 2005-48/5 | Subjects: | costume (women's) | Temporal: | 1941-1942 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Norwich; retailer Dickins and Jones Ltd | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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