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H4448-20 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / leather / cotton / elastic / metal / paper, made by Henry Marshall, for Pattison Bootmaker, London, England, after 1864. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 6, H4448-20 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / leather / cotton / elastic / metal / paper, made by Henry Marshall, for Pattison Bootmaker, London, England, after 1864. Click to enlarge
  • Image 2 of 6, H4448-20 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / leather / cotton / elastic / metal / paper, made by Henry Marshall, for Pattison Bootmaker, London, England, after 1864. Click to enlarge
  • Image 3 of 6, H4448-20 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / leather / cotton / elastic / metal / paper, made by Henry Marshall, for Pattison Bootmaker, London, England, after 1864. Click to enlarge
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Pair of slip on shoes by Henry Marshall for Pattison Bootmaker

Reputed to have been made for the Duchess of Sutherland by Henry Marshall, 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 …

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 Henry Marshall for Pattison Bootmaker
after 1864
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Slip on shoe by Henry Marshall for Pattison Bootmaker
after 1864

Summary

Object No.

H4448-20

Object Statement

Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / leather / cotton / elastic / metal / paper, made by Henry Marshall, for Pattison Bootmaker, London, England, after 1864

Physical Description

Slip on shoes, pair, womens, satin / leather / elastic / metal / paste, made by Henry Marshall [for] Pattison Bootmaker, London, England, [post 1864]

Pair of womens slip on shoes of turnshoe construction with round toe and covered Cuban heel. Shoes consist originally of cream silk uppers (now brown) top edge bound and featuring a thick elasticised strap across the instep. Strap decorated with cream silk three tiered bow and vamp with a cream silk rosette. Both feature a paste metal buckle stitched to the top. Uppers lined in cotton and kid with a kid sock and heel covered in cream silk with leather heel breast and the sole in tan leather.

Marks

Manufacturer on sock of both shoes, pasted, printed arch shaped paper label, 'BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY' surmounts a coat of arms and illegible Latin text, 'HENRY MARSHALL / LATE / PATTISON / BOOTMAKER, / HRH Duchess of Edinburgh / HRH Princess Louis of Hess / HRH Princess Christian / 94 Oxford Street / London', numbers on right quarter lining of both shoes, text in ink, on right shoe , '11b', on left shoe, '[B9]00'

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

85 mm

Width

80 mm

Cite this Object

Harvard

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