CalzaturaSandals, shoes, boots, and slippers at their most exotic and beautiful fill this small compendium. Featuring over 100 full-color photographs, this volume divides the footwear by historical period, and a brief description of the function and aesthetics that inspired the design introduces each segment. The fascinating examples, including a pair of Venetian clogs on stilts over 20 inches high, a Japanese gaming shoe with the sole mounted onto a spiral spring, and the Pope's ruby-red slippers, are accompanied by descriptive captions. |
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ANCIENT GREECE ankle Art Nouveau attached Bally Museum barefoot became black boot boots Brenta Riviera called Calz calzatura Calzatura femminile caratterizzata chopine clog clogs closed Collezione Privata F.lli Collezione Privata Rossimoda color colored cork Correr Museum covered decorated early eighteenth century embroidered fabric fashion feet Ferragamo finemente first foot footwear half half-boot heavy leather heel heels height held high influence intarsi laces legno made Madras Madras/Valentine Shoe Manufacturers materials Middle Ages Museo Bally Museo Correr Museo Vigevano Narmer nineteenth century Pantofola Papa Silvestro particularly patten period Pharaoh pointed toes poulaine Privata F.lli Rossetti Private Collection ricamato Riviera del Brenta Rococo Rossetti Bros sandal Scarpa secolo seventeenth century shoemakers shoes sixteenth century slipper soft leather upper soles Stivaletto style suola in cuoio tacco tomaio tomaio in pelle turned-up toe type used various Venetian Venice Vigevano Museum walking wear wearer wearer's white woman's women wood wooden wore worn zoccolo