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H4448-30 Oxford shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / linen / leather, by Pattison, London, England, 1855-1865. Click to enlarge.
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Oxford style shoe by Pattison

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.

H4448-30

Object Statement

Oxford shoe, part of Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / linen / leather, by Pattison, London, England, 1855-1865

Physical Description

Oxford shoe, womens, silk satin / leather, made by [Pattison], London, England, 1855-1865

Single left womens closed tab shoe, Oxford, turnshoe construction with finger tip toe and covered thin Louis heel. Shoe consists of fawn silk satin upper in one piece with back seam only and bound edges. Front cut with six pairs of worked holes with original lace in inverted V pattern over a square cut tongue. Upper decorated with mock peaked cap and vamp seam both embroidered in chain stitch. Upper lined in linen and kid leather with stiffener between the lining and upper. Heel covered in blue kid leather and leather sole features sueded forepart, polished waist and black edged breast decorated with [pokerwork] scrolls.

Marks

Number on lining of shoe, handwritten in in, '7621'

Short URL

https://ma.as/239627

Dimensions

Height

100 mm

Width

60 mm

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Oxford style shoe by Pattison 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 25 March 2023, <https://ma.as/239627>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/239627 |title=Oxford style shoe by Pattison |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=25 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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