Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 296
aid, of pleasing the distorted fancy ofthe men and to be qualified for marriage.^ A number of examples of shoes of the fifteenth, A movement, headed by the Empress, has been institutedrecently for the abolition of the practice of mutilating thefeet of Chinese women, which was universal throughout… … z -^ is S 294 CHATS ON COSTUME sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries are given fromthe interesting collection in the Musee de Cluny,and will serve, far better than any written description,to give an idea of the character of the footgear ofthese periods. The two childs shoes given on p. 291are of…
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