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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pink and Brown Leather Basketweave Shoe |
| Date | c.1930-1949 |
| Document Type | Object |
| Reference | HT 17032 |
| Library / Archive | Museums Victoria |
| Collection Name | Personal Stories Collections |
| Description | This right foot, low heeled, buckled female dress shoe of pink and brown leather was one of Stanio Fancoff's basket shoe samples. It is an enclosed shoe with a slightly rounded shape toe with a 'T' strap and an ornate metal buckle on the right side. The lower back section appears in a woven checkered pattern, the top portion appears as two rows of vertical stripes and the topline, including the cross strap is in unwoven brown leather. The toe cap and vamp are woven within a diamond shaped pattern, while a patterned thin strap joins the throat to the central cross strap. The shoe is complete with a neutral coloured quartier, but no insole lining. The neutral coloured leather sole is inscribed and stamped on the base. The heel is 4cm in height and depth, with one tack inserted mid-way up the sole, while three tacks connect the heel to the sole. Leather wraps around the heel, joining at the heel breast centre. This shoe, along with six others, was shown to prospective purchasers as an example of Stanio's shoewares which were made at his shoemaking business in Fitzroy by himself and his family. |
| Series Description | This collection is significant in documenting a small migrant business as well as the fashion of a particular period. It is well provenanced and charts the application of trade skills in a new country. It also illustrates the stages of hand shoe manufacture from the 1930s, demonstrating the enduring nature of the tools and patterns that were used. |
| Biographical Note / History | Stanio Ivanoff Fancoff was born in 1908 in Bojentsi, a small village in Bulgaria. At age 11, Stanio left home to learn the shoemaking trade. In 1929, he emigrated to Melbourne, settled in Fitzroy and began to work for the V. G. Zemancheff & Sons basket shoe factory in South Melbourne. In 1936, he married Dorotea Georgi Touzou who had recently arrived in Australia. Around this time, Stanio set up his own shoemaking business from home with Georgi, Dorotea's cousin, and her sister weaving the shoes which he then assembled. Select shoe samples were then taken to Sydney and Tasmania for sale. In 1942, Georgi and Stanio moved to Broken Hill for Georgi's health; there daughter Nancy was born and Stanio set up a shoe shop/factory. In 1945, Georgi died and by 1950 Stanio and Nancy had moved to Adelaide where he again opened a shoemaking business and shop. He passed away in 1978, having been in the shoemaking business for 59 years. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Places | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| People | Fancoff, Stanio Ivanoff |
| Keywords | emigration, immigrant, industry, factory, clothing |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Museum Victoria catalogue. |
| Catalogue Link | Museums Victoria Catalogue |
| Document(s) linked to |
Passport for Stanio Fancoff, Bulgaria Health Certificate for Stanio Fancoff, Orient Line, Naples Studio Photograph of Stanio Ivanoff Fancoff, Bulgaria Photograph of Mrs Zemancheff and Friends Wearing Basket Shoes, Melbourne Photograph of Zemancheff Factory Workers and Truck, South Melbourne Photograph of Stanio Ivanoff Fancoff in His Shoemaking Workshop, Melbourne Printer's Proof Sheet Showing Two Shoes Maroon and Cream Leather Basketweave Shoe Right Foot Wooden Shoe Last Leatherworking Awl Leatherworking Edge Iron |
| Copyright | Museums Victoria |
