![A pair of torture shoes,German,16th/17th century,wrought iron overshoes made of several pieces of riveted sheet iron. The heel sections with four rings,through which laces or leather straps were threaded. Both bottom plates A pair of torture shoes,German,16th/17th century,wrought iron overshoes made of several pieces of riveted sheet iron. The heel sections with four rings,through which laces or leather straps were threaded. Both bottom plates](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CYP8Y0/a-pair-of-torture-shoesgerman16th17th-centurywrought-iron-overshoes-CYP8Y0.jpg)
A pair of torture shoes,German,16th/17th century,wrought iron overshoes made of several pieces of riveted sheet iron. The heel sections with four rings,through which laces or leather straps were threaded. Both bottom plates
![S” for Shoes: A gendered shoe from 17th century-Copenhagen. Vivi Lena Andersen, Curator and Archaeologist at the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark | DRESSING THE NEW WORLD S” for Shoes: A gendered shoe from 17th century-Copenhagen. Vivi Lena Andersen, Curator and Archaeologist at the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark | DRESSING THE NEW WORLD](https://dressworld.hypotheses.org/files/2017/01/2014HA1184_jpg_l-450x576.jpg)
S” for Shoes: A gendered shoe from 17th century-Copenhagen. Vivi Lena Andersen, Curator and Archaeologist at the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark | DRESSING THE NEW WORLD
![S” for Shoes: A gendered shoe from 17th century-Copenhagen. Vivi Lena Andersen, Curator and Archaeologist at the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark | DRESSING THE NEW WORLD S” for Shoes: A gendered shoe from 17th century-Copenhagen. Vivi Lena Andersen, Curator and Archaeologist at the Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark | DRESSING THE NEW WORLD](http://dressworld.hypotheses.org/files/2017/01/17th-century-shoe-side-view.-Museum-of-Copenhagen-300x189.jpg)