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 79
Corset-Cover of Steel worn in the Eeign of Queen Elizabeth (Open). at. she herself invented or introduced an extremely severe and powerfulform of the corset, known as the corps. It is thus described by atalented French writer:—This formidable corset was hardened andstiffened in every imaginable… … WW \\ !* THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE. J$ contrivance the form of the fair wearer was incased, when a system ofgradual and determined constriction was followed out until the waistarrived at the required degree of slenderness, as shown in the annexedillustration. Several writers have mentioned the…
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