Shoe
ca. 1925 (made)
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The 'Oxford' lace-up shoe was the predominant style in men's footwear during the 1920s. It was known in the trade as a 'closed tab shoe' because the eyelet tabs (the sections of leather with holes for the laces) were stitched under the front section of the shoe, or vamp, rather than on top of it.
Usually Oxfords were made up in plain black or brown leather for everyday wear. British footwear fashions were conservative during the 1920s with strict rules dictating what shoe could be worn with which outfit. Brown shoes with a dinner suit were frowned upon and any kind of flamboyance was considered distasteful. This brightly coloured turquoise and gold shoe was made for display at the London International Shoe Fair in 1925 and may have been aimed at the American market which was open to more exotic designs.
Usually Oxfords were made up in plain black or brown leather for everyday wear. British footwear fashions were conservative during the 1920s with strict rules dictating what shoe could be worn with which outfit. Brown shoes with a dinner suit were frowned upon and any kind of flamboyance was considered distasteful. This brightly coloured turquoise and gold shoe was made for display at the London International Shoe Fair in 1925 and may have been aimed at the American market which was open to more exotic designs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stitched, applied and punched leather with cord laces |
| Brief description | Man's leather Oxford lace-up shoe, turquoise leather with applied gold leather decoration; Coxton Shoe Co. Ltd, Rushen, Northamptonshire, England, ca. 1925. |
| Physical description | Man's Oxford lace-up shoe in bright turquoise leather with applied gold leather decoration in the form of strap-like strips of gilt leather, straight-edged, each with a round punched hole at the pointed end of each strip; six pairs of eyelets, gold cord laces; white stitching on turquoise leather, pale blue stitching on gold decoration and leather upper, yellow stitching on insole; tan leather lining at quarter and part of vamp, brown leather insole; stacked heel, sole wheeled near heel, made up in brown leather but painted green and stamped at waist and around edge with a scrolling pattern. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'No. 80 / Shape 1161 / Fitting..... / Price.... / THE / COXTON SHOE CO. / RUSHDEN, England.' (Blue card label hanging from lace, printed and inscribed in ink.) |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1994/1603. |
| Summary | The 'Oxford' lace-up shoe was the predominant style in men's footwear during the 1920s. It was known in the trade as a 'closed tab shoe' because the eyelet tabs (the sections of leather with holes for the laces) were stitched under the front section of the shoe, or vamp, rather than on top of it. Usually Oxfords were made up in plain black or brown leather for everyday wear. British footwear fashions were conservative during the 1920s with strict rules dictating what shoe could be worn with which outfit. Brown shoes with a dinner suit were frowned upon and any kind of flamboyance was considered distasteful. This brightly coloured turquoise and gold shoe was made for display at the London International Shoe Fair in 1925 and may have been aimed at the American market which was open to more exotic designs. |
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| Accession number | T.55-1996 |
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| Record created | May 25, 2007 |
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