Peter Yapp: Two pairs of Louis heeled pumps with pointed toes in soft kid leather, 1900 – 1910, both lined in cream kid, one pair in turquoise blue with white stitched detail, the other in shiny gold with gold cut steel rosettes, labelled in side for the retailer Peter Yapp, By Appointment to her Majesty the Queen, (Victoria),200, 201 and 210 Sloane Street, London stamped AFR and 87, the company was established by Peter Yapp in 1793 and closed in 1971 (2)

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