Gah! I think that's the one that that came to mind for
me as well, she is literally covered in pearls, right?
I did a quick search on Lady Burghley and couldn't
find the painting. I'll have to do a little more
digging. She however is an example of nobility, rather
than middle class, which is where the focus of my
efforts are. But.. it's a start.
> I know that there's a portrait of Lady Burghley in a
> very pregnant state
> wearing a kirtle and surcoat.
:-)
I appreciate the concern, however I personally can't
event *get* pregnant anymore, so miscarriage is not a
concern of mine. It is indeed a concern to the person
I would be making it for, however. The Gestational
stays that I am thinking of have expansion lacing in
the front so as not to constrict the belly. This is
something of a nosy bit of research to see how such a
thing was handled at the time.
> Hi Kathy, First off, let me warn you not to wear
> stays during your
> pregnancy,
I know from my research in Venetian dress, indeed,
they wore what amounted to a muumuu type.. thing...
chiton? sort of affair in the last days when nothing
will fit. This is however, in the stages of full
confinement when no one will see her except immediate
family.
> Since breast binding wasn't an unheard of thing, it
> is possible that they
> bound, just enough for support and wore looser
> clothing.
This is a logical assumption, it's a question of what
happens after they outgrew their stays - did they have
a soft pair of bodies? Or, is it like the pattern I
have described and has expansion lacing in a say,
quilt-stiffened corset? Or as you suggest, and bound?
I'm thinking to,
> that quite possibly they loosened their stays as
> they got bigger, until the
> point they couldn't wear them.
then again too, Elizabethan corsetry wasn't designed
to be tightened severely. That's a Victorian
convention.
as in
> tight lacing...
Kathy
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