They were called "Pattens" and ranged from flat hinged pieces of wood that helped keep the wet off the soles of your shoes and creeping in, to the taller overshoe in the picture that eventually became the Italian Chopine that was used to keep your feet and shoes out of the dung and waste in the streets. The things you learn in the SCA.
They were called "Pattens" and ranged from flat hinged pieces of wood that helped keep the wet off the soles of your shoes and creeping in, to the taller overshoe in the picture that eventually became the Italian Chopine that was used to keep your feet and shoes out of the dung and waste in the streets. The things you learn in the SCA.
ReplyDeleteI should have provided a link to my old posts on chopines:
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