At 11:52 AM 5/3/2006, you wrote:
Does anyone know when the busks with clasps came into use? From the
reading I have been doing, it seems as if the "busk" referred to in
16c costuming was a solid piece of wood or whalebone, rather then
two seperate pieces that clasped together.
Natalie
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Apparently they were patented in the early-mid 19th century.
Joan Jurancich
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