Boot, gambado

Postillion's boots, 18th century
Extracts from notes from shoe file: Gambadoes with Sashoons (a gambado seems to be 'a long legging, esp. one attached to a saddle to serve as a stirrup', a sashoon 'a kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot'. Blue rigid leather with wooden sole. Deep round wide toe, no heel. Iron edge reinforcement bent over back and nailed to sole, covered with leather strap to protect horse. Two iron buckles stitched on side top. Lining on front edge over reinforcement and back edge ditto over the metal. Insole cotton wool wadding under asphalt. Sashoon stitched in top, probably later. Sashoon probably dark brown leather, linen lined, quilted with wadding, wave pattern. Stitched at each side edge and c. 2 inches from top so that the top of the sashoon extends above the top of the gambado. Knee high.