The Powerhouse acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the ancestral homelands upon which our museums are situated. We respect their Elders, past, present and future and recognise their continuous connection to Country.
H4448-40 Shoe vamp and garment fragments, part of Joseph Box collection, mens, leather, maker unknown, England, 1560-1599. Click to enlarge.

Shoe vamp and gament fragments from the Joseph Box collection

This garment fragment and incomplete shoe vamp which possibly featured in the Bethnal Green Museum Shoe Exhibition held in London, England in 1897, come 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 …

Summary

Object No.

H4448-40

Object Statement

Shoe vamp and garment fragments, part of Joseph Box collection, mens, leather, maker unknown, England, 1560-1599

Physical Description

Garment fragment and vamp of shoe, incomplete, mens, leather, maker unknown, England, 1560-1599 / 1560-1569

Fragment of black leather garment, perhaps part of a doublet, with stamped decoration.

Mens single left vamp of shoe with none of the original edges remaining, possibly a slip on shoe. Decorated with oblique slashes.

Cite this Object

Harvard

Shoe vamp and gament fragments from the Joseph Box collection 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 25 March 2023, <https://ma.as/239646>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/239646 |title=Shoe vamp and gament fragments from the Joseph Box collection |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=25 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}