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Description: | Trapezoidal fragment of leather, probably part of the front upper of a hinged clog overshoe (Q. Mould pers. comm.). The wide edge is scalloped with perforations in each of the scallops (which in turn each have a scalloped edge). There is a matching perforation 8mm above these. The shorter parallel edge has been stitched along the edge either side of an integral strip, possibly a broken loop or other fastening. This strip has stitching along its long edges. The two short edges have perforations along their length. One has part of a narrow reinforcing strip remaining attached to the upper surface and fastened with iron nails through these holes. The longest nail is about 14mm long (it has corroded). The object may have been subject to shrinkage on drying out. The scalloped edge is likely to have been placed across the front of the foot, with the narrower side forming a square toe. The sides would have been nailed into a wooden sole. Similar shoes were worn as protective overshoes in the 1830s to 1850s.
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