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Hand Made Shoes Preserve Old World Craft in Vienna
In Vienna, fifth generation shoemaker Carl Scheer runs R Scheer and Sons, once royal courtiers for the Hapsburgs, now crafting totally hand-made leather shoes for an international clientele. Customers pay about $475 for about ten months of work, with fitting in Vienna and mail orders thereafter. Scheer, 63, and his family employ eight assistants to produce roughly 300 pairs annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Jautz
Associated Press
Vienna
Carl Scheer
Scheer
R. Scheer and Sons
Royal Shoemakers
Hapsburg Court
Fincky
John Lobb
London
Paris
Inge
Scheer and Sons
Hofburg Palace
Empire
Europe
Kaiser Franz Joseph
Austria
Baron Alphonus Rothschild
Greece
George
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II