Tan leather heeled loafers

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A pair of tan leather heeled shoes. The body of the shoe is made from three panels of tan vinyl leather. One panel for the vamp and two panels for the quarters which are seamed together at the center back heel and fasten together at the center front with tan synthetic woven laces. There is plastic cap at the end of each lace. Both shoes have orange top stitching embellishment along the toe box and the sides, which is spaced about .5” away from the topline. There is synthetic plain weave binding along the topline, that was likely originally red or orange but has now faded to a tan/khaki color. Each shoe has a1.75” high stacked rubber heel that features a cube pattern and each rubber heel cap is attached to the heel with ten metal nails.

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