The Mode in Footwear A Historical Survey with 53 Plates

What shoes were the height of fashion in Paris at the turn of the century? What did Tutankhamen's burial sandals look like? The answers lie in this illustrated compendium covering centuries of footwear, from Egyptian sandals, to Chinese silk wedges used for binding feet, to American saddle oxfords. The definitive work on the subject. "A shoe lover's feast." Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Egyptian FootwearMetopotamian FootwearGrecian FootwearEtruscan FootwearRoman FootwearEast Indian FootwearChinese FootwearKorean FootwearJapanese FootwearNorthern European FootwearFootwear of Medieval EuropeMedieval Guilds and Patron SaintsRenaissance FootwearSeventeenth-Century FootwearEighteenth-Century FootwearNineteenth-Century FootwearTwentieth-Century FootwearA Brief Outline of ShoemakingThe Preparation of LeatherGlossary of Shoe LeathersBibliography