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 210
n-venient, in the old form of attachment, is rendered impossible by theintroduction of a very ingenious but simple spring latch, which is openedor closed in an instant at the pleasure of the wearer. This corset isdecidedly the best form on the front-fastening plan we have seen. Itsmode of… … Corset of Messrs. De La Garde, Paris (Front). 205
Corsets · Costume
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