A new pair for the Ruffiano! A ruffiano (or roffiano) is a bawde, a ruffian, a swaggerer, a swashbucker (per Florio’s 1611 Italian dictionary). Also can be a…well…someone who protects certain lovely ladies who might happen to need protection =). Anyhow, these are your standard pair of welted 1560 shoes with no heel lifts, slashes and pinks, a whipped in heel-stiffener and wool sock.
2 thoughts on “1560s Shoes for the Ruffiano!”
Very nice work again!
Did you build them after an actual find, a painting or …?
Thank you! The welted construction is consistent with many 1570s shoes, although the exact slashing and scoring pattern was inspired from a variety of extant pieces. There are so many varieties of ornamentation, especially as you get later, that the sky is the limit.
Very nice work again!
Did you build them after an actual find, a painting or …?
Best,
Martin
Thank you! The welted construction is consistent with many 1570s shoes, although the exact slashing and scoring pattern was inspired from a variety of extant pieces. There are so many varieties of ornamentation, especially as you get later, that the sky is the limit.