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H4448-16 Slip on shoes (pair), with labels (2), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / linen / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1839. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of slip on shoes by Gundry & Sons

This pair of slip on shoes was made, possibly as fancy dress for the Eglinton Tournament, 1839, a medieval joust and revel held in Scotland by Archibald William Montgomerie, thirteenth Earl of Eglinton (1812-1861) in honour of Queen Victoria's coronation. The shoes and labels come 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 …

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

H4448-16/1 Slip on shoe (1 of pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / linen / metal, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1839
Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1839
H4448-16/2 Slip on shoe (1 of pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / linen / metal, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1839
Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1839
H4448-16/3 Labels (2), from slip on shoes, part of Joseph Box collection, paper, maker unknown, England, date unknown
Labels from slip on shoes from the Joseph Box collection

Summary

Object No.

H4448-16

Object Statement

Slip on shoes (pair), with labels (2), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / linen / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1839

Physical Description

Slip on shoes, pair, womens, silk brocade / leather and makers labels (2), paper, made by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c1839 / date unknown

Pair of womens slip on shoes of turnshoe construction with narrow square toe and low stacked heel. Shoes consist of ivory and silver thread silk brocade uppers in a diamond pattern with square throat, oblique side seams and back seam, all bound and lined with linen and kid. Heels are leather and soles are white finished leather. The shoe is an imitation medieval style, possibly for fancy dress.

Paper labels from sole of shoes, inscribed with 'Kingham / 187 Regent St / London' and '323'.

Marks

see parts

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

60 mm

Width

60 mm

Cite this Object

Harvard

Pair of slip on shoes by Gundry & Sons 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 25 March 2023, <https://ma.as/239589>

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