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H4448-27 Shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, 'Tudor Rose' style, boys, fancy dress imitation 16th century, left foot, silk satin / linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c. 1846. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 3, H4448-27 Shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, 'Tudor Rose' style, boys, fancy dress imitation 16th century, left foot, silk satin / linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c. 1846. Click to enlarge
  • Image 2 of 3, H4448-27 Shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, 'Tudor Rose' style, boys, fancy dress imitation 16th century, left foot, silk satin / linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c. 1846. Click to enlarge
  • Image 3 of 3, H4448-27 Shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, 'Tudor Rose' style, boys, fancy dress imitation 16th century, left foot, silk satin / linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c. 1846. Click to enlarge

'Tudor Rose' style shoe made by Gundry & Sons

This fancy dress shoe in imitation 16th century Tudor 'Rose' style is reputed to have been worn in 1853, by Prince Arthur, the third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A portrait of Prince Arthur, aged 3 years, dressed as Henry V111 and wearing the square-toed shoes of slashed leather, was painted by court painter, Xaver Winterhalter. This fancy dress shoe comes from an important collection of footwear and shoemaking objects thought to have been initiated by the London shoemaker, Robert …

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.

H4448-27

Object Statement

Shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, 'Tudor Rose' style, boys, fancy dress imitation 16th century, left foot, silk satin / linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c. 1846

Physical Description

Shoe, single, boys, from fancy dress costume, imitation 16th century Tudor 'Rose' style, silk satin / linen / leather, made by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c1846

Single left boys shoe, imitation Tudor 'Rose' style, turnshoe construction with wide eared toe and no heel. Shoe consists of ivory silk satin upper with high rounded tongue, side seams and back seam, bound with red silk on the top edge. Pointed overlapping straps across the tab affixed by red silk rose with silver centre. Vamp decorated with 3 mock silver edged cut outs with red satin infill. Upper lined with [linen] as is the sock.

Marks

Number on insole, round paper sticker with text handwritten in ink, '383', on outsole, handwritten in pencil

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

45 mm

Width

75 mm

Cite this Object

Harvard

'Tudor Rose' style shoe made by Gundry & Sons 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 25 March 2023, <https://ma.as/239618>

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