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 202
y and too un-bending in their construction, a form of corset was, as we have beforesaid, contrived, which needed no cover to preserve its perfect smoothnessof surface and rigidity of form; the front was therefore enriched withgold and silver tissue, and ornamented with embroidery, performing… … CORSET, TORMIXG BOTH CORSET AND STOMACHER (FrO^sT). 197
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