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H4448-6 Buckle shoes (pair), with buckles (pair), part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / leather / linen / timber / metal / brass, maker unknown, England, 1760-1769. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of buckle shoes from the Joseph Box collection

This pair of buckle shoes and buckles, possibly made for coronation or other court or high dress wear, 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 …

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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Buckle shoe from the Joseph Box collection
1760-1769
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Shoe buckle from the Joseph Box collection
1760-1769
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Buckle shoe from the Joseph Box collection
1760-1769
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Shoe buckle from the Joseph Box collection
1760-1769

Summary

Object No.

H4448-6

Object Statement

Buckle shoes (pair), with buckles (pair), part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, silk satin / leather / linen / timber / metal / brass, maker unknown, England, 1760-1769

Physical Description

Buckle shoes, pair, womens, appliqued silk satin / leather / linen and buckle, pair, metal, maker unknown, England, 1760-1769

Womens pair of straight buckle shoes of rand construction with visible stitching. Shoes are of ivory silk satin with pointed upcurved toe, covered Louis heel and brown leather insole and sole. Uppers are fastened by pointed straps crossing over a medium high tongue through a large brass buckle, (not original); with dog legged side seams from the heel breast. Shoes are decorated with silver lace applique on the vamps, side seams and top edge. Vamps are lined with linen, the tongue with yellow silk satin and the quarters with white kid.

Pair of brass buckles, square in shape, with two prongs for attachment to straps.

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Dimensions

Height

120 mm

Width

90 mm

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