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H4448-11 Ankle boots (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / cotton / leather / metal, maker unknown, England, c. 1804. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of ankle boots from the Joseph Box collection

This pair of ankle boots, possibly worn as wedding boots, 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 leather shoes from the Middle Ages found in English archaeological sites, to intact European shoes from the 1600s onwards, 'foreign' shoes collected as …

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

Parts of this object

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Ankle boot from the Joseph Box collection
c. 1804
H4448-11/2 Ankle boot (1 of pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / cotton / leather / metal, maker unknown, England, c. 1804
Ankle boot from the Joseph Box collection
c. 1804

Summary

Object No.

H4448-11

Object Statement

Ankle boots (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / cotton / leather / metal, maker unknown, England, c. 1804

Physical Description

Ankle boots, pair, womens, laced high lows, silk / leather, maker unknown, England, [1804]

Womens pair of straight front laced ankle boots of turnshoe construction, oval toes and heels of rand construction with three - four lifts. Boots consist of tan silk uppers with short vamp, closed tab, front laced over tongue stitched at one side and thirteen pairs of lace holes. Each boot has a single cream cord lace knotted at the bottom and an ivory silk bow stitched onto the vamp. The uppers are lined with fawn linen and stiffened with a coarse cotton sock and the heels and sole are leather.

Marks

[Owner's name] on lining of left boot, handwritten in black ink, 'J [G]. Stele /Narboro Hall /Norfolk /Oct 11 1804'

Short URL

https://ma.as/239546

Dimensions

Height

180 mm

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