crowley_greene
09-05-2007, 12:33 PM
I'm interested in learning about the different colors that were available for civilian footwear for our period. I've gone in and searched images on the Internet for color photographs of actual shoes and boots from our period, but have hardly found any at all -- a few.
Other than blacks or russet browns, maybe whites (women's boots? Just guessing.), were there other color variations available? I think about colors of the 20th century like cordovan or oxblood, and wonder if there were 1800's equivalents.
It's something I got to thinking about. I think I've seen paintings from much earlier time periods of medieval or possibly rennaissance themes in which the footwear even included some bright reds and greens. And I remember when the restoration and careful cleaning began on the ceiling painting in the Sistine Chapel, artists were stunned at the brilliance of pigments that Michelangelo had at his disposal. The world had color in the old days.
No, I'm not thinking of dying a pair of men's period shoes green -- just curious if we had gone completely drab by the 1800's.
Murray Therrell
Other than blacks or russet browns, maybe whites (women's boots? Just guessing.), were there other color variations available? I think about colors of the 20th century like cordovan or oxblood, and wonder if there were 1800's equivalents.
It's something I got to thinking about. I think I've seen paintings from much earlier time periods of medieval or possibly rennaissance themes in which the footwear even included some bright reds and greens. And I remember when the restoration and careful cleaning began on the ceiling painting in the Sistine Chapel, artists were stunned at the brilliance of pigments that Michelangelo had at his disposal. The world had color in the old days.
No, I'm not thinking of dying a pair of men's period shoes green -- just curious if we had gone completely drab by the 1800's.
Murray Therrell