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Page 49
... French boot , in which the courtiers of " Lou- is le grand , " always delighted to exhibit their legs . Of the amplitude of its tops , the woodcut will give 5 an idea , it is copied from one worn by HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 49.
... French boot , in which the courtiers of " Lou- is le grand , " always delighted to exhibit their legs . Of the amplitude of its tops , the woodcut will give 5 an idea , it is copied from one worn by HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 49.
Page 67
... rise to the invention of the chopine ; " and quotes a story from a French author , to show their dislike to an alteration ; he also says , • that " the first ladies who rejected the use HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 67.
... rise to the invention of the chopine ; " and quotes a story from a French author , to show their dislike to an alteration ; he also says , • that " the first ladies who rejected the use HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 67.
Page 69
... French shoe that we do not ever appear to have adopted ; it was made low in the quarters and ended at the instep ; there was no covering for the heel , or the sides of the foot beyond it . The fashion spread to Venice , and the figure ...
... French shoe that we do not ever appear to have adopted ; it was made low in the quarters and ended at the instep ; there was no covering for the heel , or the sides of the foot beyond it . The fashion spread to Venice , and the figure ...
Page 85
... French boots , and the predilection of the fair sex for shoes of Paris manufacture is notorious . " This competition has had the effect of improving the homemade article : but still it is easier to bawl for prohibiting duties than to ...
... French boots , and the predilection of the fair sex for shoes of Paris manufacture is notorious . " This competition has had the effect of improving the homemade article : but still it is easier to bawl for prohibiting duties than to ...
Page 86
... French method , which he describes with technical minute- ness , and denouncing in his strictures on the char- acter of English upper - leathers , the hurried and careless process of the tanner and currier . What Mr. Devlin says on the ...
... French method , which he describes with technical minute- ness , and denouncing in his strictures on the char- acter of English upper - leathers , the hurried and careless process of the tanner and currier . What Mr. Devlin says on the ...
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ancient ancient Egypt ankle appear beautiful became Bloomfield boot or shoe boots and shoes British museum brogue buckles buskin calceus century chopine classes clothes color comfort common copied corns cothurnus covered Crispin decorated dress Drew early Egypt elastic boot England English engraved fashion fastened feet foot French front gentle craft Gideon Lee given gold half-boot heel high shoes HISTORY OF BOOTS inches instep kind of boot knee labor laced ladies London matter NOAH WORCESTER Ocrea ornamented pair of lasts pair of shoes period persons plate reign remarkable Roger Sherman Roman round Samuel Drew sandal says secured sewing Sherman shoemaker shoes worn silk skin slipper sole specimens stitches stockings Suwarrow tannic acid tanning THOMAS HOLCROFT thong thread tion toes trade upper leather Walkden walking wear wearer Wellington Wellington boot wore workman