Figure 1.--School shoes were available as both button shoes and lace-up styles (bal or balmoral). |
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On page 29 are two School Shoes. In the middle of the page it states:"English Balmorals at 5 cents less than Button Boots." I do not fully understand the various construction details mentioned here. Balmorals would seem, however, to be a laced "shoe. Apparently lace up shoes were preceived at the time to be an English style. I'mnot sure how popular these balmoral styles shoes were. Most of the period portraits we have noted seem to be button rather than lace up shoes.
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