WEDDING SHOES

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c. 1885

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Overview

Part of Ray Paynter Collection.

Pair of shoes, worn to match wedding dress (2011.1).
Black leather with green interior, low heel, black/grey binding along exterior edges.
Upper part of the toe covered by a large cloth bow hand-sewn onto the leather featuring a hand stitched floral pattern.
The lower part of the toe also features a floral pattern hand-stitched directly onto the leather.
Slip-on, no buckles or laces.
The shoes are constructed of three leather pieces (two sides meeting at the heel and a toe section) over a wood or cork heel. They were likely glued or stitched, as no nails are visible except in the heel.
The sole exhibits a maker's mark.
The shoes are complete, although the cloth bow on the left shoe is held on with a pin as the stitching has come away.
The shoes are creased from storage, the colours faded and fraying has occurred along the bias binding and heel stitching.
Overall the condition is considered fair, the visual condition considered poor-fair.

Historical information

Worn by Sara Clara Butterly for her wedding to Henry (Harry) Davey in 1885. The marriage happened at St. Phillips Church, Culham in the Toodyay District. Known as Clara the bride was born in 1858 and died in 1945.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2011.2

Item type

Objects

Themes

Social History

Material

Leather

Width

80 mm

Height or length

240 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On sole: J.S. and J. in s six pointed star

Contextual Information

On 8 September 2010, Beth Frayne aproached the Museum Curator on behalf of Mrs. Ray Paynter, offering six items in Mrs. Paynter's possession. These were 19th/20th century textiles originally from the estate of Ms. Dawn Atwell. Mrs. Paynter had expressed her belief that the items in question would be afforded better protection and care as part of the museum collection. (They have now been incorporated into the Shire of Toodyay's museum collection under accession numbers 2011.1 - 2011.6 inclusive.)

Year

c. 1885

Statement of significance

The provenance of the Ray Paynter collection is between the 1880s to the 1940s and is related to the female line of several historic Toodyay families.
The earliest association of these items (likely the hand-made lace and possibly the cloak) is with Catherine Quinn, an Irish needlewoman who worked for Mr. Chidlow at Northam. Catherine later married James Butterly and gave birth to Clara (also known in some records as Sarah Butterly) who wore the wedding dress and shoes when she married Henry Davey.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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