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H4448-12 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, leather / linen, maker unknown, England, 1780-1810. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of slip on shoes from the Joseph Box collection

This pair of slip on shoes 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 'curiosities' from around the …

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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Slip on shoe from the Joseph Box collection
1780-1810
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Slip on shoe from the Joseph Box collection
1780-1810

Summary

Object No.

H4448-12

Object Statement

Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, leather / linen, maker unknown, England, 1780-1810

Physical Description

Slip on shoes, pair, leather, England, maker unknown, 1780-1810

Womens pair of straight slip on shoes for outdoor wear of turnshoe construction, mass produced, with needlepoint toes, slight toe spring and covered wedge heel. Shoes consist of black Morocco leather uppers with short vamp, oblique turned side seams and back seams with leather top edge binding. Uppers are lined in linen with a linen sock pasted over a leather insole. The heels are inserted above the sole and may have been added later.

Marks

Two identification tags on outsole, pasted, round with serrated edges, handwritten text in pencil, 'King[horn] / 187 Regent / (illeg. faded) / London', '(illeg. faded)', written over the top '12' within a circle

Short URL

https://ma.as/239549

Dimensions

Height

75 mm

Width

80 mm

Cite this Object

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