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 39
of very remote antiquity, and with thegradual increase of civilisation, much attention appears to have beenpaid to the formation and cultivation of the female figure, and much thesame means were had recourse to for the achievement of the same endprior to 560 B.C. as in the year 1868. Terentius, the… … Lady of Ancient Greece. 32 THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE. $3 saddle their backs and straitlace their waists to make them well-shaped.If any chance to grow a little plumper than the rest, they presently cry,* Shes an hostess, and then her allowance must be shortened, and thoughshe be naturally fat…
Corsets · Costume
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