Ladies' old-fashioned shoesGreig, T. Watson (Thomas Watson)
History
Ladies' old-fashioned shoes
Greig, T. Watson (Thomas Watson)
Women's shoes -- History; Women's shoes -- History -- Pictorial works
6–11. Ladies’ Shoes, viz.:--(6) High-heeled Shoe and pair of Clogs,
as worn in the middle of last century; (7) High-heeled Crimson Satin
Shoes, with plated buckles--George Sim, F.S.A. Scot., 1863; (8) Pair of
Sky-blue Satin high-heeled Shoes, with buckles; (9) Pair of Black Satin
Shoes, high heels, with ribband tie; (10, 11) Two Pairs lemon-coloured,
sharp-pointed, high-heeled, Kid Shoes, with ribband rosettes, worn in
the beginning of the present century--Dr John Alexander Smith, F.S.A.
Scot., 1861.
12. Pair of Rivlins, or Shetland Shoes of untanned hide.--Gilbert
Goudie, F.S.A. Scot., 1873.
13–16. Shoes of Satin and Embroidered Work.
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III.
FASHIONS FOR THE FEET.
BY R. HEATH.
(_Reprinted from the “Magazine of Art” by
permission of Messrs Cassell & Co._)
The collection of foot-gear at Cluny is full of interest not only for
artists, archæologists, and ethnologists, but for every student of human
nature. Originally formed by the eminent French engraver, the late Jules
Jacquemart, it was acquired by the Musée de Cluny in 1880. Further
enriched by the purchase of the collection of Baron Schvitter, it is in
every respect unique, not merely in its subject-matter, but because it
is at once very choice and singularly universal. Here are not only
examples of boots and shoes from ancient times, the Middle Ages, the
Renaissance, and every period since, but boots and shoes from every
quarter of the globe.
[Illustration: BOOTS AND SHOES.--I.
1. Female Shoe, Henri II.; 2. Shoe of Catherine de Medicis; 3. Shoe,
French (Sixteenth Century); 4. Female Shoe, Henri III.; 5. Italian
(Early Seventeenth Century); 6, 7. Shoes, Louis XIV.; 8. Italian
(Seventeenth Century); 9. French, Regency; 22. Boot, Louis XIII.; 25.
Military Boot, Henri III.; 26. Spanish Boot, Philip II.]
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