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H4448-2 Buckle shoes (pair), with buckles (pair), part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / linen / metal, maker unknown, England, 1740-c. 1777. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of buckle shoes from the Joseph Box collection

This pair of buckle shoes and buckles 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 'curiosities' from …

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

Summary

Object No.

H4448-2

Object Statement

Buckle shoes (pair), with buckles (pair), part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather / linen / metal, maker unknown, England, 1740-c. 1777

Physical Description

Buckle shoes, pair, womens, appliqued silk / leather / linen and buckles, pair, metal, maker unknown, England, 1740-1749 / c. 1777

Womens pair of straight buckled shoes of rand construction with visible stitching. Uppers of green silk with green applique braid; heels wood, covered in the same material; linen and kid lining and brown leather soles. Toes are needlepoint and upcurved and heels are covered Louis style and white stitched. Uppers have a high tongue with a V dip at the centre, pointed straps to buckle over, now stitched, and dog leg side seams. The shoes are decorated with a broad band of silver/gold lace at the centre front with scalloped edge; narrow strips of silk braid run parallel to the toe on each side and a box pattern on the quarters and heel.

Pair of gilded metal buckles, with three strips pierced between and oval sections. They are not original to the shoes.

Marks

No marks

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

115 mm

Width

85 mm

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