Calcagnette (also pianelle or zoccoli) were tall platform sandals or clogs, worn by Venetian women to look taller, and not to soil their feet in the streets.
“Abito” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
“Prostitute al Bordello” (Prostitutes in the Brothel) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.