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H4448-55 Tie shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, linen / leather / metal, maker unknown, probably England, 1675-1725. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of tie shoes from the Joseph Box collection

This pair of embroidered linen tie shoes featured in the Bethnal Green Museum Shoe Exhibition held in London, England in 1897. The shoes 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, …

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

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Tie shoe from the Joseph Box collection
1675-1725
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Tie shoe from the Joseph Box collection
1675-1725

Summary

Object No.

H4448-55

Object Statement

Tie shoes (pair), part of Joseph Box collection, womens, linen / leather / metal, maker unknown, probably England, 1675-1725

Physical Description

Womens pair of straight tie shoes of white rand construction with fingertip pointed toes and covered Louis heels. Shoes consist of linen uppers embroidered with pink blue and yellow floral motifs featuring medium high tongue and small open sides with short unpierced latchets to tie over the tongue. Side seams and edges are all bound with heel covered in matching fabric. Shoes lined in white kid with leather insole arrow shaped and turned over to form toe puff. Leather sole stitched in the channel.

Marks

Joseph Box collection label pasted on outsole of both shoes, printed black text on paper label, 'From JOSEPH BOX, / BOOT MAKER BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO / H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES, / H.I.H. THE CROWN PRINCESS OF GERMANY AND / H.R.H. THE PRINCESS LOUIS OF HESSE, / 187, REGENT STREET, LONDON. Established 1808'

Numbers written in corner of label, perpendicular to main text, LH top in pencil, '115A / 7', paper label pasted to outsole, printed text, 'This article has been treated / with Carboxymethylcellulose / with 0.1% Mercuric Chloride.'

Short URL

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Dimensions

Height

120 mm

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