The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes |
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... and as it is still in western Asia . The Roman senators wore shoes or buskins of a black color , with a crescent of gold or silver on the top of the foot . The emperor Aurelian forbade men to 3 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 25.
... and as it is still in western Asia . The Roman senators wore shoes or buskins of a black color , with a crescent of gold or silver on the top of the foot . The emperor Aurelian forbade men to 3 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 25.
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... gold or precious stones in their shoes , a fact which will aid us in understanding the sort of decoration indulged in by the earliest Hebrew women , of whose example Judith may be quoted as an instance , to which we have already ...
... gold or precious stones in their shoes , a fact which will aid us in understanding the sort of decoration indulged in by the earliest Hebrew women , of whose example Judith may be quoted as an instance , to which we have already ...
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... gold were employed by some of the Roman emperors to decorate their boots , and Heliogabalus wore ex- quisite cameos on his boots and shoes . Fig . 9 , is a lower kind of boot , of the same make as fig . 3 , but beautifully ornamented ...
... gold were employed by some of the Roman emperors to decorate their boots , and Heliogabalus wore ex- quisite cameos on his boots and shoes . Fig . 9 , is a lower kind of boot , of the same make as fig . 3 , but beautifully ornamented ...
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... gold . Those of Richard are also striped with gold ; and such richly decorated shoes became fashionable among the nobility , and were generally worn by royalty all over Europe . Thus , when the tomb of Henry VI . of Sicily , who died in ...
... gold . Those of Richard are also striped with gold ; and such richly decorated shoes became fashionable among the nobility , and were generally worn by royalty all over Europe . Thus , when the tomb of Henry VI . of Sicily , who died in ...
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... gold , which were fastened with leather straps tied in knots , and on the upper part of them were two openings , wrought with embroidery , which showed that they had been once adorned with jew- els . Boots ornamented with gold , and ...
... gold , which were fastened with leather straps tied in knots , and on the upper part of them were two openings , wrought with embroidery , which showed that they had been once adorned with jew- els . Boots ornamented with gold , and ...
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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