Stepping Through Time Format: Paperback

Goubitz, Olaf; Van Driel-Murray, C.; Groenman Van Waateringe, W.

ISBN 10: 9089320040 / ISBN 13: 9789089320049

Published by Casemate Publishing, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stepping Through Time Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Casemate Publishing
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9089320040
• ISBN 13: 9789089320049
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Drawing on 25 years' experience as a conservator of leather, Goubitz presents a typological catalogue of footwear dating from 800-1800 AD. The study is based on Goubitz' analysis of an important assemblage of shoes recovered from excavations at Dordrecht in the Netherlands but the volume's aim is to offer guidance for the identification of shoes found on sites across north-western Europe. In addition, contributions from van Driel-Murray and Groenman-van Waateringe examine evidence for shoe types in prehistoric Europe and the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire, periods which inevitably have left less evidence. The fully illustrated catalogue follows a comprehensive discussion of shoes styles and technology including height standards, iconography, material, patterns, stitches, soles, the identification and dating of fragments and conservation. The volume should prove a useful tool for Roman and, especially, medieval historians and archaeologists.

Review

This is an important book...'--Robert N. Charrette, Schuyler, Virginia"Medieval Clothing and Textiles, vol 14" (01/01/2008)

...for the true historian of the purse through the ages, this is a must have for your purse book shelf.'--Melissa Overdorf, Founder, Antique Purse Collector's Society (01/01/0001)