Shoemaker didn’t have to work from their own cobbler’s benches but they could sew and sole in their house too.

So the shoemaker was one of few artisans who, if he wanted could work during holidays, on condition that doors of the shop were hermetically sealed.

The worker’s statute of rights forbade the shoemaker from buttering the leather of shoes because in this way they wanted to let people understand that the leather was soft while, once worn, it would have proved very uncomfortable.