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H4448-28 Shoe sample, part of Joseph Box collection, 'Tudor Rose' style, boys, fancy dress imitation 16th century, linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c. 1846. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 3, H4448-28 Shoe sample, part of Joseph Box collection, 'Tudor Rose' style, boys, fancy dress imitation 16th century, linen / leather, by Gundry & Sons, worn by Prince Arthur, London, England, c. 1846. Click to enlarge
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'Tudor Rose' style shoe sample by Gundry & Sons

This shoe was made, possibly as a sample, in imitation Tudor 'Rose' style to check the size of a shoe to be worn by Prince Arthur in costume as Henry V111. The 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 …

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.

H4448-28

Object Statement

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

Physical Description

Shoe, sample, boys, imitation Tudor 'Rose', linen / leather, made by Gundry & Sons, London, England, c. 1846

Boys single straight shoe sample, imitation Tudor 'Rose' style, turnshoe construction with eared toe and single lift spring heel with crease. Shoe consists of linen upper with high rounded tongue, side seams and back seam, top edge bound. Pointed overlapping straps across the tab as for 18th century buckle shoes. Vamp decorated with three ink marks where the vamp was to be cut for slashing. Upper lined with [linen] as is the sock, and heel grip is blue kid.

Marks

Three ink marks where the vamp was to be cut for slashed decoration.

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

50 mm

Width

78 mm

Cite this Object

Harvard

'Tudor Rose' style shoe sample by Gundry & Sons 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 26 March 2023, <https://ma.as/239622>

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