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H4448-1 Tie shoe, part of the Joseph Box collection, girls, single, leather / timber, maker unknown, England, 1700-1710. Click to enlarge.
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Girls tie shoe from the Joseph Box collection

This tie shoe was found when an old house in Chester, England was pulled down in 1904. It was given by one of the workmen to a shoemaker, George Parker, then aged 76. who worked for Robert Dixon Box. The shoe comes from an important collection of footwear and shoemaking objects thought to have been initiated by the London shoemaker, Robert Dixon Box, and consolidated by his son, Joseph Box and the Box Kingham family during the second half of the 1800s. The collection ranges from remnants of …

This object is part of

H4448 Collection of shoes, boots, and buckles, part of a larger group of objects related to the art of shoemaking collected by Robert Dixon Box, Joseph Box and the Box Kingham family, various materials, various makers, England, 1500-1920
Joseph Box collection of shoes and objects related to shoemaking
1500-1920

Summary

Object No.

H4448-1

Object Statement

Tie shoe, part of the Joseph Box collection, girls, single, leather / timber, maker unknown, England, 1700-1710

Physical Description

Tie shoe, girls, leather / wood, maker unknown, England, 1700-1710

Girls single tie shoe of rand construction with visible stitching. Shoe is brown leather with pointed toe, leather covered and wedged Louis heel, suede over wood. Upper consists of a high tongue, with pointed corners, rolled over; latches are square ended and tie over and through a pair of lace holes in the tongue. The top edge is finished with two rows of tunnel stitching. Lining consists of a toe puff and a part side lining adjacent to one side seam and insole is brown leather.

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Dimensions

Height

90 mm

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