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Page 10
... walking barefooted ; and in religious ceremonies , the priests frequently took them off 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 ...
... walking barefooted ; and in religious ceremonies , the priests frequently took them off 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 ...
Page 25
... walking , the leather is sloped away , and rises around it to a point at the back of the leg . None but such as had served the office of edile were allowed to wear shoes of a red color , which we may therefore infer to have been a ...
... walking , the leather is sloped away , and rises around it to a point at the back of the leg . None but such as had served the office of edile were allowed to wear shoes of a red color , which we may therefore infer to have been a ...
Page 43
... walk about with ease and freedom . It was of course only the nobility who could thus inconvenience themselves , and it might have been adopted by them as a distinction ; still very pointed toes were HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 43.
... walk about with ease and freedom . It was of course only the nobility who could thus inconvenience themselves , and it might have been adopted by them as a distinction ; still very pointed toes were HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES . 43.
Page 48
... walking , a hab- it that was much ridiculed by the satirists of the day . There was a print published during this reign of a dandy in the height of fashion whose legs are " incased in boot - hose tops tied about the middle of the calf ...
... walking , a hab- it that was much ridiculed by the satirists of the day . There was a print published during this reign of a dandy in the height of fashion whose legs are " incased in boot - hose tops tied about the middle of the calf ...
Page 52
... walking , which must materially have destroyed any little pliancy which the original shoe would have allowed the foot to retain . The second figure is copied from the first volume of " Hone's Every Day Book , " and that author says ...
... walking , which must materially have destroyed any little pliancy which the original shoe would have allowed the foot to retain . The second figure is copied from the first volume of " Hone's Every Day Book , " and that author says ...
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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