Shoemaking and cobbling
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98 Front-laced shoe (mid 14th-century), madę in two parts. Contrast the shape of the ąuarters with that of earlier two-piece shoes, such as Fig. 95, which were cut straight across the back of the heel; here they are high at the back and dip Iow at either side. The shoe had a single lace and a tongue attached with a binding-seam to only one side of the vamp opening. The repair sole survives in part. Scalę 1:3.
99 Front-laced one-piece shoe (late 14th-century). There are no reinforcement stitches around the lace holes. Although the ąuarters and vamp are one continuous piece of leather, the quarters retain the high profile at the heel which was noted on the previous two-piece shoe (Fig. 98). Scalę 1:3.