The art of boot and shoemaking : a practical handbook including measurement, last-fitting, cutting-out, closing and making, with a description of the most approved machinery employed

1889·26.1 MB·English

by  Leno, John Bedford, 1824-1894

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Egyptian Sandal-making, about b.c. 1500.
THE ART OF
BOOT AND SHOEMAKING
a practical Ibanbbook
INCLUDING
MEASUREMENT, LAST-FITTING, CUTTING-OUT,
CLOSING, AND MAKING
WITH A DESCEIPTION OF THE MOST APPROVED MACHINERY
EMPLOYED
By JOHN BEDFORD LENO
LATEEDITOROF'*THEBOOTANDSHOEMAKER"
SBtth (Numerous iUitstrntinns
THIRD EDITION
LONDON
CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND SON
7, STATIONERS' HALL COURT, LUDGATE HILL
1889
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LONDON
:
PRINTED BY J. S. YIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED,
CITY ROAD.
PEEFACE.
Despite the extreme antiquity of the art of which the
Author has here treated, it was not till the commencement
of the present century that the first knownattempt to treat
of Boot and Shoemaking from a practical standpoint was
made by Mr. Rees. This treatise was followed by the
works of O'SuUivan and Devlin, that of the latter forming
a portion of the series of practical works issued under
the superintendence of the late Mr. Charles Knight.
The art of Boot and Shoemaking may be said to have
undergone a complete revolution during the past fifty
years, and it is consequently impossible that works written
so long since as those mentioned could satisfy the require-
ments ofthe present day.
Theintroductionandsuccessfulapplicationofmachinery,
the increased division of labour, the improved methods
and instruments adopted and emploj^ed by modern crafts-
men, and the use of new materials, are sufficient, besides
other considerations, to justify and necessitate the produc-
tion of a modern treatise on the subject.
Notwithstanding the acknowledged success that has
viii PREFACE.
attended the employment of machinery, hand-making
still retains a leading position in the Boot and Shoe-
making industry and although the number of men now
;
employed is not equal to those formerly engaged in hand-
work, the status of those remaining has in no sense
declined. The best class of Boots and Shoes are those
made by hand for our leading "bespoke^' masters; and
it is, moreover, from the ranks of this department of the
trade that the most competent machine workers are con-
tinuously recraifced ; therefore it is that, in the present
work, the author has devoted so large a portion of the
space at his command to hand-production, in which it
may safely be said that the true art of the Shoemaker
lies.
The author will not conclude these prefatory remarks
without tendering his sincere thanks to Mr. Tyrrell for
his valuable assistance.