> 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 laced at very close distances (~3 mm) to one another. You can see > that they extended all the way up the front at one time. The cord is a > little thicker than upholstery thread and has been drawn through the > fabric with a needle. The holes are not reinforced in anyway so I > assume it didn't take much stress.
Maybe the lady did it because she got pregnant and needed more "room". Then she stitched it back together afterward? Just a guess... Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net "Everything for the Costumer" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
