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Pair of Women's Brown Leather Ankle-Strap Peep-Toe High-Heeled Sandals (Joya), with Box
Clothing/Dress/Costume
A pair of women's brown leather dress sandals: peep-toe with a single wide vamp strap, an ankle strap fastened by a small metal buckle, and a curved, set-back high heel. The uppers are smooth tan-brown leather; the sock is leather-lined and bears the cursive maker's stamp "Joya"; the sole is leather. Both shoes are present. Accompanying them is a two-piece buff cardboard shoe box rubber-stamped on the end "CARMELTA" with the codes "614," "22/8," and "260," plus a faint stamp on the lid edge. The brown ("carmelita") color stamp matches the shoes, indicating this is their box.
2025.1.339
Used and stored in their box by Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez.
"Carmelita" is the Cuban-Spanish word for brown; here it is a color specification stamped on a plain cardboard shoe box of the kind used by Cuban shoe retailers and factories. The peep-toe ankle-strap sandal with a curved heel is a late-1940s–1950s style.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
Sandals
Female
7 ½
Leather
Brown
MINIL
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Joya
Inscription
insole
Joya
Spanish
Jewel
Makers Mark
box
CARMELITA 614 22/8 260
Spanish
BROWN
Ink
Sock lining: maker's stamp "Joya" (cursive). Box, rubber-stamped in ink: "CARMELTA" (read as carmelita = brown, the color); "614"; "22/8"; "260"; plus a faint additional stamp on the lid edge. Interpretation of the numeric codes (style / size / lot / price) is tentative.
Size 7 (US Women's shoe size)
4 cm
25.5 cm
5 cm
box dimensions
Two shoes (left and right), each with a leather upper, ankle strap, metal buckle, leather sock lining, leather sole, and heel; plus a two-piece cardboard shoe box (lid and base).
Box
Fair
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use