Look at the guy at the right side – we still use footstrap and the same method and movement for sole stitching. Traditions mean this.
This is also funny – a shoemaker workshop and the family. The boy most probably started to help to his dad to learn the craft. I love this pic – it is full with “life”.
This is great, I can imagine the situation… First fitting.. 🙂 You don’t wanna know.
Neat, what’s the date of those? I’m guessing late 17th century?
Here’s one from a couple of hundred years earlier still:
