> If I remember rightly, Valerie Steele's book has an image of a metal > (steel?) corset that almost perfectly matches this sketch, except with a > larger waist; she claims that it's a Victorian hoax, and I can certainly > see why, as it bears little resemblance to the more verifiable examples, > and much with Victorian metal-working techniques and tastes.
Ahh, good ol' Amazon; this book is searchable, and you can see the image/read the text about it on page 5: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0300099533/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-3522253-6315913#reader-link or http://snipurl.com/11v88 Also take a look at pages 2-6 (well, really, as far as the reader will let you, since this is one of the few books on corsets I consider to be very good). For a closer look at some of those sketches on page 3, take a look at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Iron_corset -E House _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
