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H4448-34 Laced ankle boot, part of Joseph Box collection, girls, silk satin / leather / linen, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, 1830-1845. Click to enlarge.
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Laced ankle boot by Gundry & Sons

This silk satin ankle boot 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

Summary

Object No.

H4448-34

Object Statement

Laced ankle boot, part of Joseph Box collection, girls, silk satin / leather / linen, by Gundry & Sons, London, England, 1830-1845

Physical Description

Ankle boot, side lace, girls, silk satin / leather / linen, made by Gundry & Sons / [made for Miss J Lovell], London, England, 1830-1845

Girls single left straight side lace ankle boot of turnshoe construction with square rounded toe and no heel. Boot consists of a pale blue silk satin upper featuring seamed front and back, side lacing with eight pairs of worked holes, (laces missing) and square cut tongue. Upper lined in natural linen, the sock in white linen and the sole is leather.

Marks

Owner's name on left quarter lining, inscribed in ink, 'Miss Jn. Lovell / 5/2' (price 5 shillings and 2 pence)

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

70 mm

Width

42 mm

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