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 144
rcise, but veritablecorsets, strongly boned, steeled, and made to lace behind in the usualway—not, as the corset-maker assured us, from any feeling of vanity onthe part of the wearers, who so arranged their dresses that no one wouldeven suspect that they wore corsets beneath them, but simply… … Fashionable Dress in 1S24. 139
Corsets · Costume
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