Fales, Jane. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago [etc.] C. Scribner's sons · leaf 37
howed at the neck and wrists. Over this wasplaced the corset, or basquine, which was a kind of stuffedbust without sleeves. It had no bones, but was made ofseveral thicknesses of heavy material cut and sewed tothe desired funnel shape. It held in the waist and mouldedthe figure. The hoop, or… … Costume of the early Renaissance 20 Dressmaking the costume. The cotte was no longer a complete under-dress, but merely a piece of rich material stretched overthe front of the vertugale from the waist to the floor andforming a panel which showed at the opening of the dressskirt. The same material…
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