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Turned shoes

  

 

Turn-up shoes are hand sewn of leather trimmed with pinking, made according to book Obuv ve středověku of R. Vaverka and the article Výroba „převrácených“ bot on www.livinghistory.cz. The asymmetric sole is made of 5 mm thick leather, seams are sewn with waxed linen thread and there is the sealing strip. Buttons are filigree beads, edges are trimmed with gold thread.

 
 
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