How odd that men's doublets are boned, yet the women's arent. Ref:
Naomi Tarrant's Devel of Costume, p.109-110 photos "showing the thick
cardboard used to create the straight area between the chest and
waist. The front edge is further stiffened by a whalebone." The
doublet is 1630s, Natl Museum of
>> There are boned bodices in the Museum of London, but manly from the
>> 1650's. I recently looked at bodices and a beautiful pair of stays from
Melusine> I should have been more specific; I don't know of any boned bodices or
corset in existance before after 1603 but before 1640. I believe the p
