?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
DESIGNER UNKNOWN HENRY ARTHUR / FASHION PLATE / BOOT & SHOE UPPERS. 1878. 19x26 1/2 inches, 48 1/4x67 1/4 cm. Condition B+: tears, creases and minor abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds; slight darkening at lower right edge. Two blind stamps and an ink notation on verso. Paper. This exceptional, richly-colored and detailed American advertising lithograph, promotes a prominent New York-based leather and shoe manufacturer. The image is replete with a visual catalogue of available men's and women's footwear, vignettes of clients of both sexes trying on their new shoes with the help of household staff, as well as an impressive depiction of their company store in downtown Manhattan.
