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 88
roome to lay up my goodes in; andthough it be a strait prison, yet it is big enough for them. Hisdischarge was granted, and his clever defence well laughed at. The Venetian ladies appear to have been fully aware of the reducingeffect of frills and ruffs on the apparent size of waist of the… … A Venetian Lady of Fashion, 1560. 83
Corsets · Costume
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