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Description: | An incomplete worn Medieval to Modern leather shoe. It is of welt construction: where a strip of leather (welt) is stitched to the upper and insole of the shoe. The sole is then attached to it.The shoe has a rounded toe and the upper is plain in design. There are stitch holes in the sole, upper and welt. None of the sole remains. Some of the leather thread used for stitching is still in place, keeping the what remains of the insole, upper and welt in place. There is a small hole and iron staining on the heel of the insole suggesting the attachment of a heel.Welt construction was in use from approx. AD 1500, and the process was mechanised by Charles Goodyear in AD 1869. The object due to its construction dates between AD 1500 and 1900.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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