It looks later to me, too, but the 17th century isn't my primary area. Heck, it almost looks 18th century-ish to me.... --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmen Beaudry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: [h-cost] Corset at Manchester Galleries > While searching for something else, I found this corset on the Manchester > Galleries site. > > http://www.manchestergalleries.org/costume/object.php?irn=14962&QueryPage=in dex.php&themeback=2&CostumeTheme=costume%20sub-theme > > It is dated 1620 to 1640, but to my eye it looks a bit later. Does anyone > on the list know anything about this garment, and about how accurately it's > dated? > > thanks, > > Melusine > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume