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H4448-17 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / linen / leather / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840-1849. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of slip on shoes by Gundry & Sons

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 by Gundry & Sons
c. 1840-1849
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Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1840-1849

Summary

Object No.

H4448-17

Object Statement

Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / linen / leather / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840-1849

Physical Description

Slip on shoes, pair, womens, tabbed, silk satin / linen / leather, made by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c1840-1849

Pair of unworn womens tabbed slip on shoes of turnshoe construction with oval toe and covered wedge heel. Shoes consist of ivory silk satin uppers with tab front, oblique side seam and back seam all bound in gold and decorated with a gold rose and silver floral button at the centre stitched onto the tab front, Lined with linen and kid with the sock in white kid. Heels are covered in the same fabric as the uppers and the sole is leather.

Marks

Marks present, see part records for details

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

70 mm

Width

75 mm

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