Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 456
tens. Clumsy, uglypattens we find them frequently stigmatized in the Pattens, Clogs, and Goloe-shoes 363 severe words of the early years of the nineteenthcentury, but there is nothing ugly or clumsy aboutthis pair. The sole is of some black, polishedwood — it is heavy enough for ebony; the… … Oak, Iron, and Leather Clogs. 1790. shoe ; for it was a very little lady who wore thesepattens,— Elizabeth, — and her little feet alwaysstood in the highest heels. She was active, kindly,and bountiful. She lived to great age, and she couldand did walk many miles a day until the last yearof her…
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