Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele, joint author · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 72
Fig. 19. Likewise, the line bounding the front of thebody from the chin over the breast-bone and BEAUTY OF FORM. 63 below, is also a long bow made up of gentle out-ward curves, softly melting into one another(Figs. 20 and 22). There should be no inward Fig. 20. … curves in this front line. Any garment heldsnugly to the back-bone for any considerabledistance will necessarily press this front line outof shape (Figs. 21 and 23). A well-formed body iselliptical at the so-called waist-line, and not round. 64 BEAUTY OF FORM. These contours should be so thoroughly…
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