Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.002.002ab |
Object Name |
Shoe, Pump |
Title |
Bride's Wedding Shoes (1929) |
Date |
1929 |
Year Range from |
1929 |
Year Range to |
1929 |
Made |
T. Eaton Co. Limited? |
Place of Origin |
Toronto, Ontario |
Description |
A pair of shoes (a&b), worn by Katharine C. Frizzell on her wedding day. Plain ivory satin at the toe end pumps, with suede backs and heels. Black-printed interior mark from T. Eaton & Co. Ltd. Canada suggests that she obtained them from Toronto in 1929. Narrow brown soles, with brass nail hardware visible at the heel piece. The heels have inner curves. Also stamped inside with 7454 260. Left shoe is (a), the right shoe is (b). |
Makers mark |
Black-printed inside the shoe with THE T. EATON CO. LTD. CANADA. The word "THE" is smaller and angled diagonally. The "O." of CO. is positioned above the smaller font of "LIMITED". Ink numerals inside the shoes are 7454 260 |
Provenance |
From Toronto (retailed by T. Eaton Co. Limited) and purchased by Katharine Crawford Frizzell, a schoolteacher from Bognor, Sydenham Township, Grey County, who wore them on her wedding day. She married Reverend Stuart Henry Brownlee at St. George's Anglican Church, in Owen Sound, Grey County, on August 14, 1929, at twelve o'clock (noon). The Brownlees resided at Kerrwood, Ontario. Around 1963, Katharine Brownlee worked in Huron County. The items were passed on to her son, John S. Brownlee, QC., who kept them in Calgary, Alberta. They were sent back to Grey County in January, 2017. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Leather/Satin/Glue/Thread/Ink/Brass |
Dimensions |
H-13 W-7 L-24 cm |
Found |
Alberta, Canada |
People |
Brownlee, Katharine Crawford |
Subjects |
Brides Wedding costume Weddings Shoes Footwear Mail-order businesses Clothing & dress |
Search Terms |
Bognor St. George's Anglican Church (Owen Sound) |
Function |
A pair of factory-made dress shoes, specially ordered to be worn with a home-made wedding dress in 1929. The T. Eaton Co. Limited was a Canadian company that provided mail-order products. The shoes likely were purchased when the bride-elect went to Toronto to buy the fabrics for making her dress. T. Eaton Co. Ltd. items also could be shipped to Owen Sound or Bognor, Grey County via train and rural delivery. The wedding dress that was worn with these shoes had a hemline that allowed the shoes to be seen. |