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... color , laced in front by thongs , which passed through small loops on either side ; and were principally used , as in Greece and Etruria , by women . " It One of the close - laced shoes is given in pl . I. , fig . 4 , from a specimen ...
... color , laced in front by thongs , which passed through small loops on either side ; and were principally used , as in Greece and Etruria , by women . " It One of the close - laced shoes is given in pl . I. , fig . 4 , from a specimen ...
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... of a buffoon , who is dan- cing in loose yellow slippers , one of the common- est colors in which the leather used for their con- struction was dyed . Such slippers were made to No. 1 . No. 3 . No. 2 . fit 22 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
... of a buffoon , who is dan- cing in loose yellow slippers , one of the common- est colors in which the leather used for their con- struction was dyed . Such slippers were made to No. 1 . No. 3 . No. 2 . fit 22 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
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... colors ; the head and paws of the wild animal were sometimes allowed to hang around the leg from the upper part of the cothurnus , to which it formed a graceful addition ; an example is given upon our 2d plate , fig . 1 , which is a ...
... colors ; the head and paws of the wild animal were sometimes allowed to hang around the leg from the upper part of the cothurnus , to which it formed a graceful addition ; an example is given upon our 2d plate , fig . 1 , which is a ...
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... color , which we may therefore infer to have been a favorite color * for shoes , as it appears to have been among the Hebrews , and as it is still in western Asia . The Roman senators wore shoes or buskins of a black color , with a ...
... color , which we may therefore infer to have been a favorite color * for shoes , as it appears to have been among the Hebrews , and as it is still in western Asia . The Roman senators wore shoes or buskins of a black color , with a ...
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... color , as we have already hinted , was indicative of rank or office . Those worn by senators we have noticed , and it was a joke in ancient Rome against a man who owed respect solely to the accident of birth or fortune , that his ...
... color , as we have already hinted , was indicative of rank or office . Those worn by senators we have noticed , and it was a joke in ancient Rome against a man who owed respect solely to the accident of birth or fortune , that his ...
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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