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H4448-19 Slip on shoes (2), with labels (3), part of Joseph Box collection, girls, unmatched left and right, silk satin / linen / leather / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 6, H4448-19 Slip on shoes (2), with labels (3), part of Joseph Box collection, girls, unmatched left and right, silk satin / linen / leather / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840. Click to enlarge
  • Image 2 of 6, H4448-19 Slip on shoes (2), with labels (3), part of Joseph Box collection, girls, unmatched left and right, silk satin / linen / leather / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840. Click to enlarge
  • Image 3 of 6, H4448-19 Slip on shoes (2), with labels (3), part of Joseph Box collection, girls, unmatched left and right, silk satin / linen / leather / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840. Click to enlarge
  • Image 4 of 6, H4448-19 Slip on shoes (2), with labels (3), part of Joseph Box collection, girls, unmatched left and right, silk satin / linen / leather / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840. Click to enlarge
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Unmatched slip on shoes by Gundry & Sons

These unmatched slip on shoes and makers' 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 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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Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1840
H4448-19/2 Slip on shoe (1 of 2), part of Joseph Box collection, girls, unmatched right, silk satin / linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840
Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1840
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Labels for unmatched slip on shoes by Gundry & Sons

Summary

Object No.

H4448-19

Object Statement

Slip on shoes (2), with labels (3), part of Joseph Box collection, girls, unmatched left and right, silk satin / linen / leather / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1840

Physical Description

Girls tabbed slip on shoes, left and right, not a matching pair, with narrow oval toe and covered wedge Louis heel. Shoes consist of ivory silk satin uppers with tab front, oblique side seams and back seam, pink bound. Rose trim is missing from the tab as for H4448-17. Uppers lined in linen and white kid with white kid insole and heels covered in ivory silk satin with sole of white finished leather.

Fragments of Gundry & Sons label for insole, from H4448-19/1

Marks

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Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

70 mm

Width

60 mm

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