Gauntlets
A gauntlet boot is a piece of footwear that covers the calf with wide cuffs, the gauntlets. This boot shape, which was worn in the 17th century, developed like the cup boots from the long boots of the 16th century Landsknecht costume called leather boots, which were attached to the belt and also worn folded down as misshapen gauntlets.
In the early part of the Thirty Years War , the cup shape was decisive. By the middle of the century, however, the boots became lower and lower and took on quite elegant shapes. Together with the edges of the stockings, decorated with lace cuffs and thus filling the wide cuffs, they finally became an object of luxury. This was accompanied by the increasing fashionable importance of the heels known since the end of the 16th century.
today
When jumping and hunting , boots with sewn-on gauntlets are often worn. Men usually wear riding boots with brown cuffs in a contrasting color, while women wear boots with cuffs of the same color.
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At the Spanish Riding School , special and made-to-measure boots with gauntlets based on the Empire pattern are used. The gauntlets reach up beyond the knee and protect the knee.
See also
literature
- Entry leather sen . In: Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon . Bibliographisches Institut, Lexikonverlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1975, Volume 14, p. 443.
- Entry boots . In: Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon . Bibliographisches Institut, Lexikonverlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1975, Volume 22, p. 569.
- Entry cuff . In: Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon . Bibliographisches Institut, Lexikonverlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1975, Volume 22, p. 731.
- Erika Thiel: History of the Costume . Henschel-Verlag, Berlin, 8th edition 2004, ISBN 3-89487-260-8 , p. 212.
