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H4448-7 Laced shoes (pair), with labels (9), part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, linen / leather / silk / metal / paper, maker unknown, England, c. 1710. Click to enlarge.
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Pair of laced shoes from the Joseph Box collection

This pair of laced shoes was purchased by William Box Kingston from Princess Maria Kelly who was given the shoe by the owner of a house where Queen Elizabeth 1 reputedly slept. The shoes and labels 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 …

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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Laced shoe from the Joseph Box collection
c. 1710
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Laced shoe from the Joseph Box collection
c. 1710

Summary

Object No.

H4448-7

Object Statement

Laced shoes (pair), with labels (9), part of the Joseph Box collection, womens, linen / leather / silk / metal / paper, maker unknown, England, c. 1710

Physical Description

Laced shoes, pair, womens, embroidered linen / leather / silk / silver, and labels, paper, maker unknown, England, c. [1710]

Womens pair of straight laced shoes of rand construction with visible stitching and upcurved blunt pointed over needlepoint toe and covered Louis heel. Uppers consist of embroidered linen, lined with silk and leather, featuring a high cut vamp with square tongue, under latchets tieing in centre front, oblique side seams, centre back seam and leather soles. Edges bound in pink silk and uppers decorated with silver scrolls and silk flowers embroidered in the centres. Shoes appear to have been remade from an earlier fabric.

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Dimensions

Height

115 mm

Width

90 mm

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