We went to Phoenix Art Museum yesterday to see their history of lingerie
exhibit. They have an early American (1780) corset on display that has
a feature I have a question about. The corset laces up the back, but
across the front (now only on the point mostly) there are some very fine
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We went to Phoenix Art Museum yesterday to see their history of lingerie
exhibit. They have an early American (1780) corset on display that has
a feature I have a question about. The corset laces up the back, but
across the front (now only on the point mostly) there are some very fine
There is something we see on some stays of the 1780s and 90s - the
functional lacing is in back, and there is a lacing with smaller
holes (less reinforcement on the holes) from the waist up. It looks
like a bustline adjustment, but some of them are lined so you really
can't adjust it.
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Does that fit with what you saw?
That could be. They were so tiny and close together.
Lavolta Press wrote: Is there a print catalog for that exhibit?
Unfortuanaly there is no catalog, but I know the curator personally. Maybe I
could go see it and take some
