Length1h 29m
About this audiobook
Mega Square Shoes focuses on the history of the shoe and elevates the shoe to the rank of a work of art. The author is a leading expert on the subject and curator of France's Shoe Museum, which holds the greatest shoe collection in the world, with 12,000 specimens.
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Length1 hr 29 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 1, 2011
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Shoes
2Page 4: Seducta shoe, 1954 International Shoe Museum, Romans
3Contents
4indispensable tools as well as revealing signs
5In previous centuries, when people
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6in the tropics, in the forest as in the steppe, in the
7Princesses, bourgeoisie, soldiers, clergy and
8Syria, 800 BC Bally Museum, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
9their sovereignty over the Indian continent; we
10Byzantine period Bally Museum, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
11with animal skins and bones in order to
12the world of spirits.
13Spain, 12th century Silk and gold thread Textile Museum, Lyon
14Poulaine style shoe
15Occasionally, without a doubt, but not always.
16the shoe can
17Persia, 15th-16th century International Shoe Museum, Romans
18Venice, 16th century International Shoe Museum, Romans
19“sumptuous” object of the rich classes or a
20design and certainly utilitarian in function. The
21bas-reliefs, such as the Yazilikaya sanctuary
22The Mesopotamian empire of Assyria
23For a deeper understanding of how the
24Shoe belonging to Henri II de Montmorency
25of Greek models.
26tomb and now in the collection of the Bally
27Thanks to the extraordinary degree of
28France, early 18th century
29shoes before marriage, a lovely tradition
30England, 18th century Guillen Collection, International Shoe Museum, Romans
31Emperor Charlemagne wore simple boots
32But frequent contact between France and
33Clogs typical of the Bethmale Valley, Ariège
34Cordoba leather and by extension, all kinds of
35Rural Museum of Popular Arts, Laduz
36(shoe
37Wood, nail decoration in heart shape Ariège, 18th-century Guillen Collection
38Paris, 1855 Guillen Collection, International Shoe Museum, Romans
39the form of gothic church windows, although
40A small round bell or an ornament in the
41France, c. 1890 International Shoe Museum, Romans
42At the end of the 15th century, poulaines
43As incongruous with fashion history as it
44The Valois shoe worn during the reign of
45“bec de cane” (duck bill).
46two centimeters high.
47Mule
48Bottines of the Belle Otero
49From the reign of Francis I (1494-1547) to
50Like other articles of clothing during this
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