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Electric light bulbs imitating the shape of candle flames. A skeuomorph (also spelled skiamorph, / ˈ s k juː ə ˌ m ɔːr f, ˈ s k juː oʊ-/) [1] [2] is a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues (attributes) from structures that were necessary in the original. [3]
A court shoe (British English) or pump (American English) is a shoe with a low-cut front, or vamp, with either a shoe buckle or a black bow as ostensible fastening. Deriving from the 17th- and 18th-century dress shoes with shoe buckles, the vamped pump shape emerged in the late 18th century.
A plimsoll, also spelled plimsole, [1] or pump [2] (also known as a gym shoe [2] [1] or a sandshoe [1]), is a light sports shoe with a canvas upper and flat rubber sole. The shoe originated in the United Kingdom, [ citation needed ] there called a "sand shoe", acquiring the nickname "plimsoll" in the 1870s.
Blake construction is a method of making shoes invented in 1856 by Lyman Reed Blake. [1]It is especially popular in Italy. [2] In a Blake construction, the outer sole is directly stitched to the insole with a chain stitch.
The components of a Goodyear welted shoe. A Goodyear welt is a strip of leather, rubber, or plastic that runs along the perimeter of a shoe outsole. [1] The basic principle behind the Goodyear welt machine was invented in 1862 by August Destouy, who designed a machine with a curved needle to stitch turned shoes.
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The word patten probably derives from the Old French patte meaning hoof or paw. [1] It was also spelled patyn and in other ways. [2] Historically, pattens were sometimes used to protect hose without an intervening pair of footwear and thus the name was sometimes extended to similar shoes like clogs.
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