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Page 8
... ladies of Memphis and Carnac three thousand years ago , are treasured up in the mu- seums , both public and private , of this and other countries . With these materials , it is in no wise difficult to carry our history of shoemaking ...
... ladies of Memphis and Carnac three thousand years ago , are treasured up in the mu- seums , both public and private , of this and other countries . With these materials , it is in no wise difficult to carry our history of shoemaking ...
Page 10
... Ladies and men of rank paid great attention to the beauty of their sandals : but on some occasions , those of the middle classes who were in the habit of wear- ing them , preferred walking barefooted ; and in religious ceremonies , the ...
... Ladies and men of rank paid great attention to the beauty of their sandals : but on some occasions , those of the middle classes who were in the habit of wear- ing them , preferred walking barefooted ; and in religious ceremonies , the ...
Page 18
... ladies seem to have been very par- ticular about their sandals : thus we are told , in the Apocryphal book of Judith , although Holofernes was attracted by the general richness of her dress and personal ornaments , yet it was " her ...
... ladies seem to have been very par- ticular about their sandals : thus we are told , in the Apocryphal book of Judith , although Holofernes was attracted by the general richness of her dress and personal ornaments , yet it was " her ...
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... ladies , according to Hope , wore shoes or half - boots , laced before and lined with the fur of animals of the cat tribe , whose muzzles or claws hung down from the top . Ocrea was the name this boot got among the Romans ; " Ocreas ...
... ladies , according to Hope , wore shoes or half - boots , laced before and lined with the fur of animals of the cat tribe , whose muzzles or claws hung down from the top . Ocrea was the name this boot got among the Romans ; " Ocreas ...
Page 51
... , and sometimes slightly ornamented round the edges . We have here two examples of ladies ' shoes , as worn during the period of which we are discussing . The first figure , copied from volume 67 , of HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 51.
... , and sometimes slightly ornamented round the edges . We have here two examples of ladies ' shoes , as worn during the period of which we are discussing . The first figure , copied from volume 67 , of HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 51.
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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