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Description: | Buying new boots or shoes was an expensive business at the beginning of the 19th century. Then, every piece of footwear was carefully made to measure by a local boot maker against the customer's foot. Thus people generally only owned one or two pairs. Hard-wearing leather was the standard material for boots and shoes, and owners would have looked after them to ensure that they lasted a long time.
Small repairs, such as new laces or fastenings, were done in the home, but larger repairs like mending holes in the sole had to be done at a specialist repair store like this one. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Clothing And Dress People And Society Trade And Economics | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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