| Show SHOES OF A PAST AGE wooden monstrosities worn in the fifteenth century from the hide or wooden shoos us 0 semi civilized races through tho gia nations in shape of round pointed or square toes high of heel or lacking heel altogether foils as interesting a story as any connected with the details of dress the archaic shoes of undressed leather the hair bair worn inside ved in the brogan of ireland and scotland as late as the twelfth century no sole of extra thickness was added beneath the tread the leather vas as simply drawn up round the ankle by means of a clogs of the fifteenth centar century y thong the shoo being as it were a kind of bag sometimes slits were cut downwards from the instep to allow the spread of the toes across the tread the egyptian and roman and grecian sandals were cut on the same principle more of the leather however being cut anav till bu but 1 a few straps served to attach the s solo 01 0 to the foot the national museum at munich exhibits carved and pierced wooden shoes with red heels the latter paint cd ed elaborately and gilded while the other partakes of the nature of or a clog having a pad or wedge of wood of extra thic thickness loess beneath tho the toot foot |
