Saturday, November 8, 2014

SHOE EMBROIDERY



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COLLECTION OF ETHNIC FOOTWEAR WILLIAM HABRAKENA

William Habraken (Holland) assembled the largest collection of ethnic footwear that was registered in Guinness Book of Records in 2006. My father was a shoe business, he himself, too - on business trips, he traveled 120 countries and everywhere trying to supplement their collection. Now in the collection of more than 3,000 pairs of shoes from 153 countries and regions. Most of the samples from China and North America. Also there are unique examples from the Middle East and Southeast Asia
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Complete collection can be found by typing in a search engine name William 'Boy' Habraken or simply William Habraken
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Armenia, men's wedding shoes.
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Morocco, women's shoes, 20th century

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Burma, women's boots, 20th century.
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China, Beijing, the imperial shoes, 19th century
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China men's shoes, 20th century.
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China, women's shoes, 20th century
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China, women's winter boots, 19th century.
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Egypt, women's shoes, inlaid with mother of pearl, early 20th century
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France, 19th century

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Belgium, women's winter boots, mid-20th centuries
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Afghanistan, the officer's front shoes, 19th century.
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Greece supposedly boys' shoes, 20th century
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Ghana, men's boots, 20th century
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India, men's sandals, 19th century
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Indonesia, Java, 20th century
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Iran, shoes for girls, 20th century
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Italy, shoes for a shepherd, mid 20th century
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Japan, baby shoes, 19th century
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Japan, samurai shoes, 19th century
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Korea, men's shoes for rainy weather, the 19th century
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Kyrgyzstan, men's boots, 19th century
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Mongolia, mens boots, 20th century
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Morocco, the Berbers, the 20th century
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Norway, the Sami, 20th century
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Sweden, the Sami, children's winter boots, 20th century
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Tunisia, Berbers, women's boots, 20th century
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Tunisia, women's sandals, 19th century
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North America, Wyoming, women's shoes, 20th century
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Uzbekistan, women's shoes, mid 20th century
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Yugoslavia, men's shoes, 20th century
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Bolivia, dance shoes, 20th century
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, baby sandals, early 20th century
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Bhutan, the middle of the 20th century. Was in Bhutan this year, selling travel options this shoe with traditional embroidery.
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Nigeria, shoes for riding, 20th century
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Argentina, gaucho boots, mid 20th century
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Turkey, men's shoes, 20th century

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Australia, Aborigines, men's shoes Ritual, 20th century
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Pakistan, 20th century
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Portugal, women's shoes farmer, mid 20th century
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Philippines, mid 20th century
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Romania women's boots for dancing, mid 20th century
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Greece, men's shoes, 19th century
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Vietnam, women's shoes, the 21st century
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Ethiopia, men's sandals, 19th century
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Tanzania, women's shoes, 20th century

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