Photograph: Small leather shoe with a pointed toe and leather laces.
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Shoe

Date: late 1300s

During the medieval period children's shoes were similar to those worn by adolescents and adults. The only exceptions were the exaggerated, long, pointed 'poulaines', which were worn only by adults. This child's ankle-shoe dates to the late 1300s. It is fastened at the front with a leather thong. It was found at Baynard's Castle Dock, near Blackfriars, London.

Accession number: 73.193

Place of collection: Baynard's Castle Dock, Blackfriars, London [City of London] [dump]

Material: leather

Measurements: H 85 mm; L 180 mm; W 65 mm

Gallery location: Case 17.11

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Subjects:

Childhood
Dress

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