September 16th, 2012
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A new pair for the Ruffiano! A ruffiano (or roffiano) is a bawde, a ruffian, a swaggerer, a swashbucker (per Florio’s 1611 Italian dictionary). Also can be a…well…someone who protects certain lovely ladies who might happen to need protection =). Anyhow, these are your standard pair of welted 1560 shoes with no heel lifts, slashes and pinks, a whipped in heel-stiffener and wool sock. |
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Very nice work again!
Did you build them after an actual find, a painting or …?
Best,
Martin
Thank you! The welted construction is consistent with many 1570s shoes, although the exact slashing and scoring pattern was inspired from a variety of extant pieces. There are so many varieties of ornamentation, especially as you get later, that the sky is the limit.