Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 460
s, and Goloe-shoes 367 He wrote on January 19, 1717, Great rain andvery Slippery; was fain to wear Frosts. Thesefrosts were what had been called on horses, frostnails, or calks. They were simply spiked solesto help the wearer to walk on ice. A pair maybe seen at the Deerfleld Memorial Hall.… … Chopines, Seventeenth Century. In the Ashmolean Museum. prunella and callimanco shoes made them necessary,as did also the unpaved streets. Fleavy-soled shoeswere unknown for womens wear. Women walkedbut short distances. In the country they alwaysrode. We find even Quaker women warned in1720 not to…
Clothing and dress
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