Sabot (shoe)
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A sabot is a clog from France or surrounding countries such as The Netherlands, Belgium or Italy. Sabots are either whole-foot clogs or a heavy leather shoe with a wooden sole.
Sabots from Brittany
Henry Ossawa Tanner - The Young Sabot Maker
Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to
Sabot (shoe)
…the works. However it is more likely that sabotage is derived from the noise and clumsiness associated with the wooden sabot shoe. The American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner settled in France and one of his paintings depicts sabot manufacture. The picture, The Young Sabot Maker, is now on display in the Nelson-Atkins Museum…
Tanner in 1907 by Frederick Gutekunst
Spinning by Firelight, 1894
The Annunciation, 1898, Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Banjo Lesson, 1893