Pigache

Pigache, Poulaine and Pigage are types of shoe with a long pointed turned up toe that was worn during the Romanesque and Byzantine period. The plural form of the word is pigaciae.[1] [2]

The shoes were sometimes stuffed with moss, wool, or horsehair to make the extension erect. The protrusion was sometimes flesh colored. In the 12th century the shoes had a pointed and hooked toe that was sometimes adorned with a small bell.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Complete Costume Dictionary by Elizabeth J. Lewandowski page 229
  2. ↑ [https://books.google.com/books?id=jGMYAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA459&lpg=PA459&dq=pigaciae&source=bl&ots=kuELLoLfqu&sig=ZkRJfC1Jdntqwm632JIFjixGTmI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3eGWVfOzG4auggTynb1A&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=pigaciae&f=false A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent: The dictionary, James Robinson - Planché Chatto and Windus, 1876 - Clothing and dress page459
  3. ↑ The Art of the Shoe Marie-Josèphe Bossan - 2012 Page 266
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.