Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 165
the furbelowedpetticoat was a rigidhoop. So little of thebodice was definitelyoutlined that such heavystays seem wholly su-perfluous. But some-times the p-own was Stomacher and Apron of Figured . , ^ , , Damask. without a sacque back, and then the corsetswere worn outside the chemisette, and formed…
Clothing and dress
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