1525-1526 Durer symmetrical shoe design, Albrecht Dürer, between 1525 and 1526

The source states that the text is in durer's handwriting, and reads: thus the shoe is to be cut out, and the ornament on it to be pressed into the wet leather/ i want a pair of lasts completely flat at the heels/ so high the leather at the heel is to extend / double soles. And on the reverse" these shoes are to have straps and rings / the last of this shoe is to be completely straight and flat on the bottom. See also file:1525-1526 durer shoe outline, cut out by shoemaker. Jpg. Date: between 1525 and 1526.