Patten, ca. 1900

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"Pattens are protective overshoes that were worn in Europe from the Middle Ages until the early 20th century. It is worn outdoors over a normal shoe, had a wooden or later wood and metal sole, and were held in place by leather or cloth bands.

Pattens purpose is to elevate the foot above the mud and dirt (including human effluent and animal dung) of the street, in a period when road and urban paving was minimal". The word could also be used as a term for a wooden soled shoe, that is a chopine or clog, as opposed to an overshoe, until at least the nineteenth century. The word was also used for the traditional wooden outdoor shoes of Japan and other Asian countries.

"Bakyâ or wooden clogs were once the most commonly used footwear in the Philippines before the introduction of rubber sandals. This footwear is made from local light wood like santol and laniti".(Torre,2002. p.24)

Source : Arnold, Janet: Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd, W S Maney and Son Ltd, Leeds 1988. Ashelford, Jane. The Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century. 1983 edition, 1994 reprint.

Torre, Visitacion R. De La (2002). Cultural icons of the Philippines. Tower Book House. p. 24. Retrieved 12 December 2019, 14, February 2022

Identifier 55.128.10, Women's Shoes ca.1900

Annotation: "Patten and Bakya"(Wooden clogs) terminology added as a supplemental information
by: Noel Jordan Racca

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