The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes |
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Page 11
... sometimes of leather , and were frequently lined within with cloth , on which the figure of a captive was painted ; that humiliating position being thought suitable to the enemies of their country , whom they hated and despised , an ...
... sometimes of leather , and were frequently lined within with cloth , on which the figure of a captive was painted ; that humiliating position being thought suitable to the enemies of their country , whom they hated and despised , an ...
Page 23
... sometimes as far as the knee . It was laced as the boots of the ancients always were , down the front , the object of such an arrangement being to make them fit the leg as closely as pos- sible , and the skin of which they were made was ...
... sometimes as far as the knee . It was laced as the boots of the ancients always were , down the front , the object of such an arrangement being to make them fit the leg as closely as pos- sible , and the skin of which they were made was ...
Page 35
... sometimes slightly ornamented , but the boots and shoes of all personages represented in the famous tapestry of Bayeux , are of the same simple form of construction ; and this celebrated early piece of needlework was believed to have ...
... sometimes slightly ornamented , but the boots and shoes of all personages represented in the famous tapestry of Bayeux , are of the same simple form of construction ; and this celebrated early piece of needlework was believed to have ...
Page 51
... 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.
... 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.
Page 57
... sometimes was called the Austrian boot . Rees , in his " Art and Mystery of the Cordwainer , " pub- lished in 1813 , says , " The form at first was odious , as the close boot was then in wear , but like many fashions , at first ...
... sometimes was called the Austrian boot . Rees , in his " Art and Mystery of the Cordwainer , " pub- lished in 1813 , says , " The form at first was odious , as the close boot was then in wear , but like many fashions , at first ...
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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