Hi Suzi,
Is this your examin of old stays, that you say they are thin?
When you look at Hogarts prints, and you sometimes see a pair of stays lying
alone on the floor, they are shaped like the body, and i would say, its the
horzontal bones that keep them in shape. Would this not provide heavier
boning?
Bjarne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays
At 21:31 24/04/2006, you wrote:
Hello,
I am in the middle of making the 1740- 50 stays from -Corsets and
Crinolines. My client is a very small person.
In making the internal boning, that is shaping the stays i wondered if any
here know how thick those would have ben?
I am a little concerned that my client might be heard from the bones i
have
made internal.
You can see the stays here:
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/stays_1740.htm
I am going to line the stays with a layer of linnen, but i thoaght perhaps
i
should make some padding over the internal bones?
Bjarne
This would have been thin slices of whalebone, which is flexible. The
German boning is more rigid than true whalebone. I used Rigilene, which is
what I make all my pre Victorian corsets with, plus a few rigid steels
centre front and down the back lacing.
Suzi
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