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Woman's ankle boot
Unknownc.1870s
London College of Fashion
London, United Kingdom
This woman’s ankle boot dates from the 1870s. As well as fastening with seven buttons, the boot has an elastic panel on the inner side. The shoe is a single left foot, which means that either only one was produced by a Cordwainer College student or that the other piece of the pair was not preserved because the shoe was collected as an example of an interesting construction and technique. It is made of leather, elastic, linen and wood. To support the structure and height, the boot is photographed with its original wooden last.
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Details
- Title: Woman's ankle boot
- Creator: Unknown
- Fashion House: Cordwainer College
- Date Created: c.1870s
- Location Created: Cordwainer College, London, United Kingdom
- 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, linen, wood, buttons, elastic
- Collection: LCF archives
- Bibliographic references: Cordwainer College Archives, LCF Archives
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