British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 410
Fig. 347.—Elizabeth, 1588. sisting of whalebone and leather, rigid and inflexible; tothe lower part of this a horizontal shelf of the same unbend-ing material was firmly affixed, projecting more at the sidesthan in front or at the back. The shelf thus presented an irregular oval to a birds-eye … Fig. 349.—Mary, Queen of Scots, by Mytens, 1580. ELIZABETH, 1558-1603 2G1 view. Having tightly encased the human form withinthis rigid prison-house, the stomacher was laid upon andtightly laced to the support thus afforded, while the kirtleand robe were draped over the projection. Thus was…
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