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H4448-5 Clog overshoes (pair) and single, part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather, maker unknown, England, 1760-c. 1770. Click to enlarge.
  • Image 1 of 2, H4448-5 Clog overshoes (pair) and single, part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather, maker unknown, England, 1760-c. 1770. Click to enlarge
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Clog overshoes from the Joseph Box collection

This clog overshoe and pair of clog overshoes 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 archaeological sites, to intact European shoes from the 1600s onwards, 'foreign' shoes collected as 'curiosities' …

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

Parts of this object

H4448-5/2 Clog overshoes (pair), part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather, maker unknown, England, 1760-1769
Clog overshoes from the Joseph Box collection
1760-1769

Summary

Object No.

H4448-5

Object Statement

Clog overshoes (pair) and single, part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk / leather, maker unknown, England, 1760-c. 1770

Physical Description

Clog overshoe, womens, silk [damask] / leather, and clog overshoes, pair, silk velvet / leather, maker unknown, England, c. 1770 / 1760-1769

Women single straight clog overshoe of channel stitch construction with narrow oval blunt pointed toe and single lift heel. Overshoe is blue and gold silk damask with brown leather lining. The upper consists of two square ended latchets with holes, missing ties, and white silk sides. Heel socket is made for a woman's shoe with small heel and sole is dark brown leather stitched in the channel.

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