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Laced boot for a sheep
Unknownc.1900
London College of Fashion
London, United Kingdom
As the Cordwainer College Collection consists of teaching aids and examples of students’ work, it includes many experiments in construction, technique and design. This front-lacing boot was presumably designed to be worn by a sheep with a damaged or injured hoof. The shoe would provide a protective support and frame for the animal’s hoof. It was made in around 1900 and is made of leather.
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Details
- Title: Laced boot for a sheep
- Creator: Unknown
- Fashion House: Cordwainer College
- Date Created: c.1900
- Location Created: Cordwainer College, London, United Kingdom
- Physical Dimensions: L: 11cm H: 12cm W: 5cm
- Provenance: This object is a part of the Cordwainer College Collection held in the London College of Fashion’s Archives. The collection contains over 600 items of footwear, all of which were collected as teaching and learning aids over the life time of the Cordwainers College. The Collection covers the period from c1670 to 1990s. It consists of Western male and female footwear, examples of non-Western footwear, juvenile and orthopaedic pieces, and includes prototype, prize and exhibition footwear, lasts and tools. A number of pieces are unfinished or cut to show technical details, or show alterations or repairs.
- Type: Shoe
- Photographer: Hanna Puskarz
- Rights: LCF
- Medium: Leather
- Collection: LCF archives
- Bibliographic references: Cordwainer College Archives, LCF Archives
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