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# Victorian device for shoe fitting that hid everything above the ankle
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/viktorianskoe-prisposoblenie-dlia-sderzhannoi-primerki-obuvi/
- Published: 2018-04-27T05:31:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:09:58.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Museums, Mores, Humour

A Victorian device for the discreet fitting of shoes. The salesman sees only the ankle; he cannot peer up the skirt or meet the lady's eye, and is obliged to gaze at nothing but the royal coat of arms