need help dating antique shoes

[persephone60]

I have a pair of antique shoes--I'm guessing late Victorian to Edwardian?--but I'd love to narrow it down. They are leather with (I think) steel beads. They have "Sommer and Kaufmann" (a SF shoe store) written on the interior.

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Hi,

Those are beautiful shoes. I think they are moving out of the Edwardian era and into the WWI or 'Teens era. We have a VFG trade member here who, among other things, is a shoe historian. He might come along and give us an exact date.

 

[Jonathan]

Classic Edwardian - 1905 - 1915. If they were older the toe would be more elongated, and if they were newer the heels would be a little more hourglass shaped.

 

[persephone60]

Barbara and Jonathan, thank you!