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Pair of Shoes

1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A pair of men's shoes with lace-ups. Made of fine brown leather with punched decoration across the toe cap. Made in the Oxford style where the eyelet tab is stitched under the front section of the uppers, known as the 'vamp'. They are lined throughout in fine buff leather. The laces are brown, possibly of rayon, and arranged in bars across the instep.

With two wooden shoe trees which bear the maker's name.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Shoe
  • Shoe
  • Shoe Tree
  • Shoe Tree
Materials and techniques
Stitched leather, possibly rayon and wood
Brief description
Pair of men's shoes with lace-ups and two wooden shoe trees, made by Moykopf, England, 1933.
Physical description
A pair of men's shoes with lace-ups. Made of fine brown leather with punched decoration across the toe cap. Made in the Oxford style where the eyelet tab is stitched under the front section of the uppers, known as the 'vamp'. They are lined throughout in fine buff leather. The laces are brown, possibly of rayon, and arranged in bars across the instep.

With two wooden shoe trees which bear the maker's name.
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 1983/251.
Collection
Accession number
T.467 to C-1985

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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