shoemaker

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Francis came into the collection a few years after the 2008 death of Pasquale Di Fabrizio, an Italian cobbler known in Los Angeles as the "shoemaker to the stars."

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

A shoemaker in town constructed the ball out of double-twisted woolen yarn, covered in calf’s skin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

UK call-centre firm Ventrica, which works with brands such as shoemaker Clarks, fashion chain New Look and McDonald's, opened an operation in South Africa in 2022.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Di Fabrizio was at Kazanchyan’s wedding and when the older shoemaker was in a nursing home at the end of his life, Kazanchyan visited him every day.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

The son of a New England farmer and shoemaker was being accused of aristocratic allegiances by an owner of slaves with vast estates, much of both inherited from his wife’s side of the family.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis