#pattens

Felt Bugs and Tutorials // MiniMi

Hans wears pattens around Henry for the first time

Pattens, early 1700s.

and this is where i am at right now. he left some stuff at my place to continue to work on them. I have to finish the holes, set the straps into place, and then start sewing. gladly i got my own basic leather work kit a few months back, so that should hopefully go well!

Pattens and similar elevated soles are common to the dress of numerous regions, be they the Turkish kab-kab, Japanese geta, Korean rain clog, or Venetian chopine. Typically, this type of footwear is utilitarian, and by consequence is often discarded when no longer useable. This surviving pair of pattens features particularly attractive and well executed decorative detailing, which probably helped to secure their preservation. The traditional eight-pointed star is used in many cultures, but is a dominant motif in Norwegian design, representing the sun and founded in pagan beliefs.

Throughout the Revolutionary War (and most if not all European wars during the colonial period) every military regiment and fortification would have included civilians known as camp followers.  These were all women and children, predominately wives/mothers, children, and other relatives of soldiers.  They served important roles in providing for day to day needs of the soldiers on both sides, including but not limited to laundering, cooking, maintaining and making supplies.  Children would not have been exempt from any of this work and they would have faced all the same hazards as any soldier.

This time I’ve been more subtle about it, I kind like it :)

Look at these fab pattens, keeping Mary Blaize's hoops of monstrous size out of the mud!⠀ ⠀ PZ6 .T8 St 1899⠀ ⠀ #shoesinthelibrary #pattens #fashion #hoopskirt #bibliophile #bookstagram #booklover #rarebooks #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #mizzou #universityofmissouri #ellislibrary #ifttt