I know that there's a portrait of Lady Burghley in a very pregnant state wearing a kirtle and surcoat. No idea what she's wearing as a support garment, but from the swell of her belly (she looks about 8 months along) I would say it's not a standard Elizabethan pair of stays.....if she's wearing anything under the kirtle besides a shift....
Karen Seamstrix On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:31:12 -0500 (EST) Kathy Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm doing a little nosing around on this subject. > Another discussion offlist brought up the issue of > support in the Elizabethan era during pregnancy. Is > there any evidence of what women did while pregnant > but not yet confined, for support? I'm sure the middle > class couldn't afford a lengthy confinement, if at > all. They had to do something while waiting for the > end to come. I know there is a pattern from ohh.. I > think late 18th early 19th c. out there, I'm wondering > where they got the idea from. > > Kathy > > Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with > a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert > > ItÂ’s never too late to be who you might have been. > -George Eliot > For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every > truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is > a heart somewhere to receive it. > -Ivan Panin > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
