> There's a line in Eleanora di Firenza's accounts that shows she > ordered two. One is in either the Bargello or the Palazzo Vecchio > collection in Florence. I saw it last summer. The docent there > claimed the steel corset was ordered as an orthotic, rather like a > backbrace.
http://www.bordersstores.com/features/feature.jsp?file=corset For more information regarding orthopaedic use. This is from the first chapter of Corset by Valerie Steele. A most useful little page. > Another is in the Italian Rennaissance exhibit at the V&A London. > This one I saw 2 weeks ago, tho I dont recall the owning organization. > Both of these corsets are steel. The catalog for "At Home in the > Italian Rennaissance" states the corset is from the Museo Stibbert > collection, provenance unknown. The catalog says this corset is for a > 65cm bust. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1487_renaissance/rituals.html This is one of the few that really does look to be an original as the shape is right. Michaela http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
