Cordwainer
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A cordwainer is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The cordwainer's trade can be contrasted with the cobbler's trade, according to a tradition in Britain that restricted cobblers to rep
A cordwainer making shoes, Capri, Italy
A cordwainer's desk in Hamburg, in the background a shelf with lasts
Tombstone of the shoemaker Xanthippos. Marble, Greek artwork, ca. 430–420 BC. From Athens.
The Cordwainer statue in the Cordwainer of the City of London
Last
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A last is a mechanical form used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts come in many styles and sizes, depending on the exact job they are designed for. Common var
Cordwainer
…A cordwainer making shoes, Capri, Italy A cordwainer's desk in Hamburg, in the background a shelf with lasts Tombstone of the shoemaker Xanthippos. Marble, Greek artwork, ca. 430–420 BC. From Athens. A cordwainer () is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new…
A pair of wooden lasts
Matzeliger's lasting machine, complex enough the patent office had to send an agent to Lynn to see it in operation
The personal lasts of Audrey Hepburn and Ava Gardner at the Ferragamo Museum in Florence, Italy