The corset and the crinoline : a book of modes and costumes from remote periods to the present time (1868)
Lord, William Barry · London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler · leaf 10
o be omittedfrom any volume which treats of Fashion. The same facts, indeed, may bestated of both the Crinoline and the Corset. Both appear to be equallyindispensable to the woman of the present period. To make themserve the purposes of increased cleanliness, comfort, and grace, not onlywithout… … CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Corset:—Origin. Use amongst Savago Tribes and Ancient People. Slenderness ofWaist esteemed in the East, Ceylon, Circassia, Crim Tartary, Hindustan, Persia, China,Egypt, Palestine Pages 9 to 29 CHAPTER II. The Corset according to Homer, Terentius. The Strophium of Rome, and…
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