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Wooden upper clogs; are made by hollowing out a lump of solid wood to make a combined upper and lower. Two main variants can be seen: whole foot clogs; where the wooden upper covers the whole of the foot to near the ankle, such as the Dutch klomp. They are also known as "wooden shoes".
Dutch clogs, for everyday use. The red painting on top makes the clogs look like leather shoes. It is a traditional motif on painted clogs. A klomp (Dutch: ⓘ, plural klompen [ˈklɔmpə(n)] ⓘ) is a whole-foot clog from the Netherlands. Along with cheese, tulips, and windmills, they are strongly associated with the country and are considered ...
Hundreds of pieces of clog-making equipment from seven European countries. Simple machinery dating from the 1920s, from the Netherlands, Germany and France. An extensive collection of international literature, including photographs. The museum provides guided tours and thematic exhibitions are held regularly. [3]
A sabot (/ ˈ s æ b oʊ /, US also / s æ ˈ b oʊ, s ə-/) [1] 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 were considered a work shoe associated with the lower classes in the 16th to 19th centuries.
Wooden shoes are still worn and made in The Netherlands. Most are made with machines but still a small number of craftsmen cut scrape and shape blocks of wood into clogs. Most are quite practical but many are works of art. The most unusual are kept at the International Clog Museum, Internationaal Klompenmuseum, in Eelde. They have thousands of ...
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