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  2. List of French inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    French hood in the early 16th century. [163] Attifet in the 16th century. [164] Jacquard loom, a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask, and matelasse. [165] [166] Denim Textile (French town of Nîmes, from which 'denim' de ...

  3. Duckbill shoe - Wikipedia

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    A duckbill, bearpaw or cow's mouth was a style of shoe with a broad toe which was fashionable in the 15th and 16th centuries. This style started with Charles VIII of France, who had an extra toe, and was later worn by Henry VIII of England.

  4. France in the early modern period - Wikipedia

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    France on the eve of the modern era (1477). The red line denotes the boundary of the French kingdom, while the light blue the royal domain. In the mid 15th century, France was significantly smaller than it is today, [a] and numerous border provinces (such as Roussillon, Cerdagne, Calais, Béarn, Navarre, County of Foix, Flanders, Artois, Lorraine, Alsace, Trois-Évêchés, Franche-Comté ...

  5. Chopine - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of a 16th-century Venetian chopine. On display at the Shoe Museum in Lausanne. Calcagnetti (Chopine)- Correr Museum A chopine is a type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.

  6. Turnshoe - Wikipedia

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    The raw materials are fairly cheap; in the early-21st-century United Kingdom, no more than £10–15 for a pair. [1] Closings includes various forms of lacing and rolled leather toggles, and vary by time period. [1] Topbands (a method of edging at the ankle opening) are also common. [2]

  7. 1550–1600 in European fashion - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in the second half of the 16th century, many men had trimmed tips off of the fingers of gloves in order for the admirer to see the jewels that were being hidden by the glove. [ 45 ] Late in the period, fashionable young men wore a plain gold ring, a jewelled earring, or a strand of black silk through one pierced ear.

  8. Cuirassier - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the 19th century, the German and Russian cuirassiers used the breastplates only as part of their peacetime parade dress, [27] but the French regiments still wore the cuirass and plumed helmet (both with cloth covers) on active service during the first few weeks of World War I. Amongst ceremonial units the Spanish Escolta Real ...

  9. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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    12 16th century. 13 17th century. 14 18th century. 15 19th century. 16 20th century. 17 21st century. 18 See also. 19 References. ... This is a timeline of French ...