Object number
52/31/4
Description
This is a finished right clog sole, showing the final stage of production in clogmaking. It has acquired its final shape, and has a groove around the edge to which leather uppers will be attached.
Physical description
1 clog: wood (birch); good condition
Label Text
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>4. <B>Clog soles</B><P>These birch wood clog soles, made in the early 1950s by Cumbrian clog maker Mr. R. Shepherd, illustrate the four stages of production. From left: 'Breaking up', how the sole would look after being shaped with a stock knife by the woodland clog block cutter; 'Roughing out', when the curve of the sole and hollow of the instep are made; 'Rounding up', which gives final shape to the sole; the last soles are a finished pair, complete with groove for the leather upper.<P>52/31/1-5</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Production place
Hackthorpe
Production date
1952 - 1952
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