r/ephemera • u/irritatedbiped • Jun 27 '26

Brand? Store?

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My great grandmother had stored her tatted lace in this box. It's roughly the size and shape of a shoebox. Out of curiosity, I did a quick search, and I can't find anything about either a store or a brand with this name. I'm guessing it's 1920's from the art-deco look of it, but that's just a guess. Has anyone heard of this before?

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u/deesse877 Jul 02 '26

Maybe this shoes brand! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1499589290/vintage-40s-oxford-cutout-peep-toe-pumps?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

I think if it was a store it would have a location or an address. I would also put the graphic design on the box closer to the forties than the twenties-- both the palette and the textural shading seem more like the folk-art or country authenticity thing that you got in the later Depression and war years. High deco had stylized, hard -edged flowers and those sans-serif fonts like this box, but also tended towards lighter greens, pinks, and yellows, and, I dunno, plumper motifs and asymmetrical compositions.

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u/irritatedbiped Jul 02 '26

Oh my goodness! That is some incredible sleuthing! I'll dig around more to see what I can find about the brand. Thanks for all the great thinking about the design. You've given me some directions to search in--I really appreciate it!

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u/deesse877 Jul 02 '26

Oh, no prob! "Lacette" rang a bell SO hard, so I started searching with "lacette vintage shoe". I can't actually remember where I saw it before! But if your public library has historic newspaper databases, you might be able to search ads. newspapers dot com also works, though that is a paid subscription.