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  • shoe
    shoe
    / History

    …shoe, an overshoe, called a patten, often of the same material, was worn.

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    …shoe, an overshoe, called a patten, often of the same material, was worn.

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  • Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
    dress
    / Medieval Europe

    …worn with wood and cork pattens strapped on to keep the elegant fabrics out of the mud of the streets. Men wore boots for traveling. Long toes were fashionable in the late 14th century, the ends being padded to keep the shape.

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    …worn with wood and cork pattens strapped on to keep the elegant fabrics out of the mud of the streets. Men wore boots for traveling. Long toes were fashionable in the late 14th century, the ends being padded to keep the shape.

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