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Leather Shoe

1530s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Leather shoe consisting of sole and vamp with extreme eared toe, missing its quarters. The full vamp is decorated in a 'star-pattern' with short vertical slashes and short slashes in an angle radiating from the vertical ones. Throat cut into at regular intervals and scored decoration along the throat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
Materials and techniques
Tanned leather
Brief description
Sole and extreme eared vamp slashed in a 'star' pattern, missing quarters.
Physical description
Leather shoe consisting of sole and vamp with extreme eared toe, missing its quarters. The full vamp is decorated in a 'star-pattern' with short vertical slashes and short slashes in an angle radiating from the vertical ones. Throat cut into at regular intervals and scored decoration along the throat.
Dimensions
  • Length: 24.1cm
  • Width: 11.6cm
Style
Collection
Accession number
1477-1901

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Record createdDecember 13, 2004
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