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H4448-1044/1 Sabot clog (1 of pair), part of Joseph Box collection, childrens, left of pair, timber, maker unknown, France, c. 1850-1859. Click to enlarge.

Sabot clog from the Joseph Box collection

Made
Clog (sabot), left of pair, childrens, wood, maker unknown, France, 1850-1859

Childrens clog (slip on wooden shoes or sabots), left of pair, of carved construction with square toe, toe spring and heel carved in one with the rest of the clog. Clog consists of an upper carved with the sole, a high vamp decorated with incised lines on the top edge and sole, incised lines imitating side and back seam binding and rectangular chipped. The front features a rectangular chip carved panel with strips …

Summary

Object No.

H4448-1044/1

Object Statement

Sabot clog (1 of pair), part of Joseph Box collection, childrens, left of pair, timber, maker unknown, France, c. 1850-1859

Physical Description

Clog (sabot), left of pair, childrens, wood, maker unknown, France, 1850-1859

Childrens clog (slip on wooden shoes or sabots), left of pair, of carved construction with square toe, toe spring and heel carved in one with the rest of the clog. Clog consists of an upper carved with the sole, a high vamp decorated with incised lines on the top edge and sole, incised lines imitating side and back seam binding and rectangular chipped. The front features a rectangular chip carved panel with strips of petals. Inner sides are pierced to tie clogs together and sole is roughly carved at the waist imitating the edge finish on the shoe.

(See object file for specialist report by June Swann)

Marks

Label, on waist of sole, pasted paper with handwritten text in ink, '1044', '59' crossed out.

Dimensions

Height

65 mm

Width

75 mm

Production

Made

Cite this Object

Harvard

Sabot clog from the Joseph Box collection 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 5 June 2023, <https://ma.as/239493>

Wikipedia

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