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Page 23
... skin of which they were made was dyed purple , and other gay 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 ...
... skin of which they were made was dyed purple , and other gay 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 ...
Page 24
... skin turned over the foot , and secured by thongs passing through the sides , and over the toe , crossing each other over the instep , and secured firmly round the ankle . Any person familiar with the prints of Pinelli , pictures of the ...
... skin turned over the foot , and secured by thongs passing through the sides , and over the toe , crossing each other over the instep , and secured firmly round the ankle . Any person familiar with the prints of Pinelli , pictures of the ...
Page 30
... skin - shoes , worn by the native Irish and the country people of Rome , was the simple protection adopted in this country in the earliest times . Shoes of this ma- terial are found in all nations half - civilized , and the ease with ...
... skin - shoes , worn by the native Irish and the country people of Rome , was the simple protection adopted in this country in the earliest times . Shoes of this ma- terial are found in all nations half - civilized , and the ease with ...
Page 57
... skins , and used the same material for the shoes , binding the whole in warm folds about the leg , the thongs being fastened to them in the manner represented in plate IV . , fig . 1 , and which is copied from a full length figure of a ...
... skins , and used the same material for the shoes , binding the whole in warm folds about the leg , the thongs being fastened to them in the manner represented in plate IV . , fig . 1 , and which is copied from a full length figure of a ...
Page 75
... skin being matter of little difficulty , but according to Rosseline , whom we quoted in a former chapter , shoemakers ' shops existed in Egypt at a very early period . That it became , however , in a very early age , a trade , we may ...
... skin being matter of little difficulty , but according to Rosseline , whom we quoted in a former chapter , shoemakers ' shops existed in Egypt at a very early period . That it became , however , in a very early age , a trade , we may ...
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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