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Page 10
... while performing their duties in the tem- ple . " 9 The sandals varied slightly in form ; those worn by the upper classes , and by women , were usually pointed and turned up at the end , like our 10 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
... while performing their duties in the tem- ple . " 9 The sandals varied slightly in form ; those worn by the upper classes , and by women , were usually pointed and turned up at the end , like our 10 HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES .
Page 11
A History of Boots and Shoes Joseph Sparkes Hall. pointed and turned up at the end , like our skates , and the Eastern slippers of the present day . Some had a sharp flat point , others were nearly round . They were made of a sort of ...
A History of Boots and Shoes Joseph Sparkes Hall. pointed and turned up at the end , like our skates , and the Eastern slippers of the present day . Some had a sharp flat point , others were nearly round . They were made of a sort of ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 43
... turned inward or out- ward according to the taste of the wearer . In the reign of Richard II . , they became immensely long , so that it was asserted they were chained to the knee of the wearer , in order to allow him to walk about with ...
... turned inward or out- ward according to the taste of the wearer . In the reign of Richard II . , they became immensely long , so that it was asserted they were chained to the knee of the wearer , in order to allow him to walk about with ...
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... turned down , and the entire centre opens from the top , to the instep , and is drawn together by laces . or ties across the leg , so that it bears considerable resemblance in this point to the Cothurnus of the ancients . Fashion ran at ...
... turned down , and the entire centre opens from the top , to the instep , and is drawn together by laces . or ties across the leg , so that it bears considerable resemblance in this point to the Cothurnus of the ancients . Fashion ran at ...
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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