are made for decorative purpose, but they also help to
reinforce the stays.
Bjarne
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From: "WickedFrau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [h-cost] 18th & 19th Century corset question
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Does that fit with what you saw?
That could be. They were so tiny and close together.
Lavolta Press wrote: Is there a print catalog for that exhibit?
Unfortuanaly there is no catalog, but I know the curator personally. Maybe I
could go see it and take some p
There is something we see on some stays of the 1780s and 90s - the
functional lacing is in back, and there is a lacing with smaller
holes (less reinforcement on the holes) from the waist up. It looks
like a bustline adjustment, but some of them are lined so you really
can't adjust it.
D
Is there a print catalog for that exhibit?
Thanks,
Fran
Lavolta Press Books on Historic Costuming
http://www.lavoltapress.com
WickedFrau wrote:
We went to Phoenix Art Museum yesterday to see their history of
lingerie exhibit.
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> We went to Phoenix Art Museum yesterday to see their history of lingerie
> exhibit. They have an early American (1780) corset on display that has
> a feature I have a question about. The corset laces up the back, but
> across the front (now only on the point mostly) there are some very fine
>
We went to Phoenix Art Museum yesterday to see their history of lingerie
exhibit. They have an early American (1780) corset on display that has
a feature I have a question about. The corset laces up the back, but
across the front (now only on the point mostly) there are some very fine
cords l
