tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6652272226148232028..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Crafting Shoes for an 18th Century LadyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-46917212863713038762017-12-13T02:51:24.327-05:002017-12-13T02:51:24.327-05:00Hi, may I know where can I buy this stuff? I reall...Hi, may I know where can I buy this stuff? I really want to have one :)<br />Thanks!Kellyhttp://www.sevenwholesale.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-27585593254595791712016-07-07T15:43:38.857-04:002016-07-07T15:43:38.857-04:00Hey, CW Female Shoemaker - would you please email ...Hey, CW Female Shoemaker - would you please email me (Susan Scott) directly at SHScott21@gmail.com? Sounds as if this blog post needs a serious update, and I'd love to hear from you further....:)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-39867557014285044312016-07-07T15:41:25.080-04:002016-07-07T15:41:25.080-04:00and by "lower and middling shoes", I mea...and by "lower and middling shoes", I meant "lower and middling sort", haha!CW Female Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144184972769395783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-30792966855857098972016-07-07T15:40:12.602-04:002016-07-07T15:40:12.602-04:00Hello! I am currently working as the only female s...Hello! I am currently working as the only female shoe maker in the shoe shop at Colonial Williamsburg (gasp). And though I know this post was written years ago, I just wanted to clarify some research that may have changed since the time of the creation of this post. <br /><br />We have found that most women in the 18th century, including those of the "lower and middling shoes", almost never wore leather or black shoes. For the women who work at CW, we are provided shoes that, though they have the same general style which is accurate to the period, the leather, and especially black leather were extremely out of fashion.<br /><br />What you find almost all of the time for ladies shoes is that they are made out of the materials that you listed, calamanco or a worsted wool and they will be extremely colorful.<br /><br />Now of course this will depend on the colony that you are in, though certainly in these fine English colonies we English ladies would not be wearing black shoes unless we were mourning, and would certainly not be caught outside our own homes in a leather shoe! Even women working in a field or in their kitchen gardens would be wearing a colorful calamanco or wool shoe with a timber heel and an overshoe to keep the dirt off. Even the overshoe would often be made out of the same fabric as the shoe itself, and just as colorful!<br />CW Female Shoemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144184972769395783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-17013297984510322322012-01-13T04:28:53.343-05:002012-01-13T04:28:53.343-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Natural supplementshttp://www.healthygreen.co/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-68548753363178230412011-02-07T01:43:32.095-05:002011-02-07T01:43:32.095-05:00i really happy to see it.
i was looking for such l...i really happy to see it.<br />i was looking for such ladies shoes. so thanks for sharing such kind of shoes.ladies shoeshttp://www.treds.co.uk/category/ladies-footwear/shoe/1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-24057768142235144382010-12-15T01:28:14.322-05:002010-12-15T01:28:14.322-05:00Interestingly, the Annals of Philadelphia recall t...Interestingly, the Annals of Philadelphia recall that fabric shoes, rather than leather shoes, were the norm -- see http://larsdatter.com/18c/womens-shoes.html (which also shows a LOT more extant fabric shoes than leather) -- though 18th century re-enactors are more likely to wear leather shoes rather than "pliable woven stuff"!<br /><br />The V&A has a c. 1725 book which includes patterns for embroidering shoes, too.Karenhttp://larsdatter.com/18cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-33724669552347141052010-12-01T04:36:18.913-05:002010-12-01T04:36:18.913-05:00I always like long boots shoes because long boots ...I always like long <a href="http://www.treds.co.uk/manufacturer/sugar/90/1" title="boots shoes" rel="nofollow">boots shoes</a> because long boots really very attractiveBoots Shoeshttp://www.treds.co.uk/manufacturer/sugar/90/1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36064370420743389962010-10-24T16:42:47.502-04:002010-10-24T16:42:47.502-04:00You're most welcome, Sarah Elizabeth. I hope y...You're most welcome, Sarah Elizabeth. I hope you find a good home for the shoes - they're lovely.Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-50815964373413298622010-10-24T11:50:34.645-04:002010-10-24T11:50:34.645-04:00Thank you for noting my eighteenth century silk br...Thank you for noting my eighteenth century silk brocade shoes listed on eBay. I feel it important to let you know the shoe have matching pattens which makes them so rare. Also, they have been deaccessioned from a major American museum. You can view them at:<br /><br />www.Antique-Textile.comSarah Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472131285119570406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-19378179913507265392010-10-21T17:17:32.764-04:002010-10-21T17:17:32.764-04:00I just found this link, put up by the Honourable C...I just found this link, put up by the Honourable Cordwainers' Company. I'm guessing they understand the finer differences between shoemakers, cobblers, and cordwainers. Interesting, too, that their current crest features both male and female cordwainers:<br /><br />http://www.thehcc.org/backgrnd.htm<br /><br />http://www.thehcc.org/logo.htmIsabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-62644413851490892682010-10-21T14:04:54.183-04:002010-10-21T14:04:54.183-04:00Thank you for the post, Susan! As mentioned above ...Thank you for the post, Susan! As mentioned above I agree that it would make an interesting story. :)Katherinehttp://www.elizabethgaskell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-75597598110204221432010-10-21T13:03:12.565-04:002010-10-21T13:03:12.565-04:00@Karenmc Isn't it fascinating to find out such...@Karenmc Isn't it fascinating to find out such things?<br />I had an ancestor who was a fashion pirate. She'd go to Paris in the mid 19th century to see the latest and rush back to be the first with the new looks.<br />I love the stories about the women walking up the steps at the Opera in their big hoop skirts. They would wear nothing underneath them and gentlemen below would get an eyeful.Lexi Bestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-14627906500744674522010-10-21T11:18:27.945-04:002010-10-21T11:18:27.945-04:00Great site,fantastic shoes.Great site,fantastic shoes.Lisahttp://www.psyankycrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86737844426120651082010-10-21T10:57:44.728-04:002010-10-21T10:57:44.728-04:00One of my ancestors, the first in the direct famil...One of my ancestors, the first in the direct family line, to come to America, was a cordwainer in London in the late 1600's. I finally looked the term up (I thought it had something to do with winding ropes on a ship). Imagine my surprise when the definition had to do with Cordoba leather. I realized that my ancestor was a skilled craftsman rather than some flunky on a ship.<br /><br />Another ancestor, a woman, was described as a tailoress, not a dressmaker.Karenmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-30284093310405666322010-10-21T09:46:11.054-04:002010-10-21T09:46:11.054-04:00Another term for shoemaker is cordwainer. I know t...Another term for shoemaker is cordwainer. I know this because my daughter is determined to go to Cordwainer's College in London. This is also where Jimmy Choo went.<br /><br />The term comes from a Cordoba a source of top quality leather, thus a worker in leather.<br /><br />Given our previous discussion on the distinction between tailors and mantua makers I wonder if women made both cloth and leather shoes.<br /><br />Saw a fantastic show at the Bata Shoes museum on shoes through the ages a few years back.Lexi Bestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-47458700086720521102010-10-21T08:51:03.076-04:002010-10-21T08:51:03.076-04:00Lovely coincidence - there's a great post over...Lovely coincidence - there's a great post over on History Myths Debunked about whether "Pop Goes the Weasel" is a cobbler's work song, with more info about the shoemaking trade in general:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/25g3m63Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-46109133388664312132010-10-21T08:34:56.387-04:002010-10-21T08:34:56.387-04:00Great post! I'm covetting a new pair of shoes...Great post! I'm covetting a new pair of shoes now...will content myself with blacking and polishing my old pair :)Rowennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757364614589686606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-65730383828054228582010-10-20T21:39:42.747-04:002010-10-20T21:39:42.747-04:00This was so interesting! I'd no idea there wer...This was so interesting! I'd no idea there were women shoemakers. And I really want a pair of those shoes! Can't wait for the ostriche feathers you're promising next.Beckah G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-61307531161868455472010-10-20T19:40:15.076-04:002010-10-20T19:40:15.076-04:00I'd never heard of a female shoemaker. Hmmm......I'd never heard of a female shoemaker. Hmmm...could conjure a good character now, couldn't it? Of course,I know some people *points finger at TNHGs* who could really do a character like that justice<br /><br />Am I subtle enough? ;o)nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26452799657822804002010-10-20T19:25:27.331-04:002010-10-20T19:25:27.331-04:00Great post!Great post!Barbara Wells Sarudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277378178650355645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-11166198317658458682010-10-20T17:32:45.416-04:002010-10-20T17:32:45.416-04:00Good post, very interesting. Thank you.
Regards.
h...Good post, very interesting. Thank you.<br />Regards.<br />http://livinghistory.proforums.org/Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.com