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H4448-22 Oxford shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / linen / metal / steel / textile / leather, maker unknown, England, c. 1880-1889. Click to enlarge.
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Oxford shoe from the Joseph Box collection

This Oxford shoe 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 world, shoe …

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.

H4448-22

Object Statement

Oxford shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / linen / metal / steel / textile / leather, maker unknown, England, c. 1880-1889

Physical Description

Oxford shoe, [womens], ribbed silk / gilt filigree / cut steel / lace / leather, maker unknown, England, c1880-1889

Single straight [womens] front laced Oxford shoe, turnshoe construction with round toe and covered Louis heel. Shoe consists of upper of ribbed silk with winged vamp, 4 pairs of eyelets with wide laces, and back seamed quarters. Upper decorated with metal filigree in scallops on the vamp and quarters extended into scrolls at the back seam with similar filigree cage over the heel. Filigree is trimmed with cut steel beads. Ribbed silk tab is stitched over the lacing and is also decorated with metal filigree forming an oval cartouche with diamante stone in centre. Attached is a gilt tassel, (one missing). Edges trimmed with machine made lace and upper lined with linen and white kid with white kid sock.

Marks

Identification tags on sole, pasted paper with serrated edges, handwritten in pencil, 'Kingham / 187 Regent / St / London', '1412 / 22 / Dress', name [of owner] on right quarter lining, handwritten in black ink, 'Mrs Stirling'

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

150 mm

Width

60 mm

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