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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 193727, member: 85&quot;]From the left item.&nbsp; You can see the straight line where it wore against whatever, shoe?&nbsp; Also the broken stitches.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]54852[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From the right item.&nbsp; You can see the hand stitching to hold the metal in place.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]54853[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My <u><b>guess</b></u> is that there are two small pieces of metal in the back of each.&nbsp; The one on the right has come undone and the metal rods are floating around.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a fabric person or beader.&nbsp; </p><p>Since I see hand stitching that it not so very neat, I am wondering if these weren&#039;t someone&#039;s home project.&nbsp; Maybe someone needed this item to be rigid and managed to insert little rods and sewed them in place.</p><p><br /></p><p>They may not have come from shoes, but maybe a dress, coat or other piece of apparel.&nbsp; Then reused for another item.&nbsp; </p><p>Or maybe someone did the beading themselves as well.</p><p>People couldn&#039;t always buy what they wanted.&nbsp; They often made their items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something to consider.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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