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H4448-24 Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / linen / leather / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1832. 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. 1832
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Slip on shoe by Gundry & Sons
c. 1832

Summary

Object No.

H4448-24

Object Statement

Slip on shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / linen / leather / metal / paper, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1832

Physical Description

Slip on shoes, pair, womens, silk satin / leather, made by Gundry & Sons, London, England c. 1832

Pair of womens indoor slip on shoes, turnshoe construction with wide square toe and no heel. Shoes consist of green silk satin uppers with square throat and bow affixed, vertical side seam, no back seam and bound top edge. There are remains of ribbons to tie over the instep and around the ankle. Uppers lined in linen and white kid with sock of linen pasted in. Leather soles were originally sueded.

Marks

Two identification labels, pasted round paper labels with serrated edges, text in faded pencil, '141 V / [2]4 / Dress', 'Kingham / 187 Regent / St / London', [price?] on insole, handwritten in ink, '2'

Manufacturer on sock, pasted, printed oval paper label, text surmounting coat of arms 'NO 1 SOHO SQUARE' the remainder of the text beneath the coat of arms and between flourishes, GUNDRY & SON, / Boot & Shoe Makers / TO / HER MAJESTY,/ Their Royal Highnesses / The Duchess & / Princess Victoria of Kent, / and Her Serene Highness / the Princess / HOHENLOHE LANGENBOURG, / LONDON', 2 identification labels, pasted round paper labels with serrated edges, text in faded pencil, '141 V / [2]4 / Dress', 'Kingham / 187 Regent / St / London'

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

55 mm

Width

75 mm

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