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 206
THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE. 20I specimen of this form of corset or bodice, kindly lent us for the purposeby Messrs. Simmons, the well-known costumiers of Tavistock-street,Covent Garden, by whom it has been preserved as a great curiosity.The materials used in its construction are very strong,… … 202 THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE. CHAPTER X. Remarks on front-fastening stays—Thomsons glove-fitting Corsets—Plan for addingstability to the front-fastening Corset—De la Gardes French Corset—System ofself-measurement—The Redresseur Corset of Vienna and its influence on the figuresof young…
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