Figure 1.--This photo shows a Neapolitan cobbler. It was taken in 1885. His son helps him and is learning the trade, but doesn't wear any footwear hiself. |
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Until after World war Ii, artisans were an important sector of the Italian economy. Consumer gooids produced in factories were not uncommonly hand produced by Italian artisans. This was especially true in the south. Of course the industrial revolution radically transfored the economics of artisan work. Factory production significantly lowered the cost of consumer goods. This mean that artisan production was less profitable. Boys were commonly involved in artisan shops. They may have been broiught in as aprentices. This is a prtactice that dates back to the medieval period. Boys (but less commonly girls) also followed their fathers in the family trade. This essentially provided unpaid help, rather like children on farms. And of course it provide a way for the children to learn a trade.
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