Maggie wrote:
The More women hadn't slit their dresses. It's just the early/mid-century style.They were made to lace that way. What the picture shows is the lacing without the stomacher or (over) gown. For a pregnant woman at home, it must have been much more comfortable. Here's an Elizabethan noblewoman (1595) in maternity. (Why would you have your picture painted at this stage!?)
To record that you were fulfilling one of your most important duties, that of creating heirs for the family.
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