There's a line in Eleanora di Firenza's accounts that shows she
ordered two. One is in either the Bargello or the Palazzo Vecchio
collection in Florence. I saw it last summer. The docent there
claimed the steel corset was ordered as an orthotic, rather like a
backbrace.
I'll definitely go! I'm just very busy now, so I only have to find out when,
probably this or next week.
So, if you have questions, ask! I'll give a report after the visit:-))
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Suzi Clarke wrote:
I didn't know there was a sex machine museum in Prague!
I didn't know there was a sex machine museum in Prague! Gotta go there
sometime:-))
Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 23:00 07/11/2006, you wrote:
The story so far:
Here is the specific block of text that really got my curiosity up, this is
copied from en.wikibooks.org; it's one of the
Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I didn't know there was a sex machine museum in Prague! Gotta go there
sometime:-))
We expect a full report on the corset when you do! (Honestly, if you're
planning on going, I could come up with a list of questions for you to ask...)
Emma
There are various kinds of these things around. Of the most common pics I've
seen are ones that are considered to be ceremonial or decorative wear -- not
for
everyday use or combat,
-C.
Speaking of decorative wear, another arguement given on these unreferenced sites
is that these are
For theatrical performances, perhaps?
Fran
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Speaking of decorative wear, another arguement given on these unreferenced sites
is that these are corset *covers*--has anybody seen illustrations of anything
like this being worn on the outside of clothing?
I have in my online library three images of two metal corsets for this
period in chapter 4 of the following book.
Book info:
W.B.L. (listed author),The Corset and the Crinoline: A Book of Modes and
Costumes, London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1868. This book is about the
history of corsetry and
This from Valerie Steele's The Corset: A Cultural History (2001)
There do exist in museum collections certain notorious iron corsets,
which are usually dated to about 1580-1600. But were they really the
first fashionable corsets? Modern scholars who have examined them
tend to believe that
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I have in my online library three images of two metal corsets for this
period in chapter 4
There's a line in Eleanora di Firenza's accounts that shows she
ordered two. One is in either the Bargello or the Palazzo Vecchio
collection in Florence. I saw it last summer. The docent there
claimed the steel corset was ordered as an orthotic, rather like a
backbrace.
Another is in the
Jeeze, you know, I wish I still had some of the old research materials I used
for a film I worked on last century (last century, I love being able to say
that)...
There are various kinds of these things around. Of the most common pics I've
seen are ones that are considered to be ceremonial or
set
off a coughing fit-- perhaps she did not wish to appear ill or weak.
Best regards-
Monica
Monica Spence
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TB is not just a lung disease; you can get tuberculosis of the spine.
Fran
monica spence wrote:
Eleonora di Toledo used these (probably) in the early yaers of her infection
with TB (Circa 1550). She insisted on being out in public with her husband
Duke Cosimo I de Medici and she wore these
. Not
that there was much they could do at the time...
Monica
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TB is not just a lung disease; you can
a thermal spring to help her. Not
that there was much they could do at the time...
Monica
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TB
There's a picture of one here...but I don't think it was actually a corset -
a shop sign, perhaps. g
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/4subjectsearch/lingerie/lingerie18t
h/lingerie18.html
Quia Christus perpetuo regnat,
Elisabeth
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The story so far:
Here is the specific block of text that really got my curiosity up, this is
copied from en.wikibooks.org; it's one of the hits I got when I did a google
image search for iron corset
--copied text follows--
Iron corsets are Victorian Era corsetcovers made of metal. There are
At 23:00 07/11/2006, you wrote:
The story so far:
Here is the specific block of text that really got my curiosity up, this is
copied from en.wikibooks.org; it's one of the hits I got when I did a google
image search for iron corset
--copied text follows--
Iron corsets are Victorian Era
http://tinyurl.com/e5zh6
-Original Message-
There's a picture of one here...but I don't think it was actually a corset -
a shop sign, perhaps. g
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/4subjectsearch/lingerie/lingerie18t
h/lingerie18.html
Quia Christus perpetuo regnat,
Elisabeth
otsisto wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/e5zh6
-Original Message-
There's a picture of one here...but I don't think it was actually a corset -
a shop sign, perhaps. g
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/4subjectsearch/lingerie/lingerie18t
h/lingerie18.html
Nice collection... but
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