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 63
Lady of the Court of Queen Catherine de Medici. … THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE. 59 effected. The length of the sleeves was much curtailed, and thepreposterously long toes of the shoes reduced to a convenient standard.The ladies appear to have for some time resisted the innovation, but onePoulaine, an ingenious Parisian shoemaker, happening to…
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