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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Printer's Proof Sheet Showing Two Shoes |
| Date | c.1930-1959 |
| Document Type | Ephemera |
| Reference | HT 17132 |
| Library / Archive | Museums Victoria |
| Collection Name | Personal Stories Collections |
| Description | These two black and white drawn printer's proof sheets illustrate Stanio Fancoff's women's basketweave shoe range. Created sometime between the 1930s and 1950s, these proof sheets were most likely used for an advertising leaflet, announcing Stanio's expert skill and diversity but also the attention to detail installed within his shoemaking craft. Although drawn in black and white, commonly each drawing illustrates the shoe's toe pointing to the right and details the basketweave's different styles and material variations. The top shoe is an enclosed style with a fastening device of three leather tabs drawn together with black thread. The bottom shoe is semi-enclosed in which the heel and ankle, as is the toe and vamp are enclosed, with the mid-foot section left open and tied within a cross-strap by a ribbon. |
| 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 |
| 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 Pink and Brown Leather Basketweave Shoe Maroon and Cream Leather Basketweave Shoe Right Foot Wooden Shoe Last Leatherworking Awl Leatherworking Edge Iron |
| Copyright | Museums Victoria |
