Chapter X

Front-fastening Stays. Thomson's Corset. Stability of
front-fastening Corset. De La Garde's Corset. Self-measurement.
Viennese _Redresseur_ Corset. Flimsy Corsets. Proper
Materials. "Minet Back" Corset. Elastic Corsets. Narrow Bands
Injurious. The Corset properly applied produces a graceful figure.
The Farthingale Reviewed. Thomson's Zephyrina Crinoline. Costume
of the Present Season. The claims of Nature. Similitude between the
Tahitian Girl and Venetian Lady Pages 202 to 224

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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1. THE DAWN OF THE CORSET 11

2. CIRCASSIAN LADY 15

3. EGYPTIAN LADY IN FULL SKIRT 18

4. PERSIAN DANCING GIRL 21

5. EGYPTIAN LADY IN NARROW SKIRT 24

6. LADY OF ANCIENT GREECE 32

7. ROMAN LADY OF RANK (REIGN OF HELIOGABALUS) 39

8. THE FIEND OF FASHION, FROM AN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT 43

9. THE PRINCESS BLANCHE, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD III. 48

10. LADY OF RANK OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 51

11. LADY OF THE COURT OF QUEEN CATHERINE DE MEDICI 55

12. FULL COURT DRESS AS WORN IN FRANCE, 1515 58

13. LADIES OF FASHION IN THE COSTUME OF 1380 61

14. NORMAN HEADDRESS OF THE PRESENT DAY 64

15. LADY OF THE COURT OF CHARLES VIII., 1500 67

16. LADY OF THE COURT OF MAXIMILIAN OF GERMANY AND FRANCIS OF
FRANCE 70

17. CORSET-COVER OF STEEL WORN IN THE TIME OF CATHERINE DE
MEDICI 71

18. CORSET-COVER OF STEEL WORN IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN
ELIZABETH (OPEN) 72

19. THE BERNAISE HEADDRESS, AND COSTUME OF MARIE
STUART 74

20. CORSET-COVER OF STEEL WORN IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN
ELIZABETH (CLOSED) 76

21. HENRY III. OF FRANCE AND THE PRINCESS MARGARET OF
LORRAINE 77

22. LADY OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 80

23. A VENETIAN LADY OF FASHION, 1560 83

24. QUEEN ELIZABETH 86

25. COURT DRESS DURING THE BOYHOOD OF LOUIS XIII. 93

26. MARIE DE MEDICI 96

27. FANCY COSTUMES OF THE TIME OF LOUIS XIV. 99

28. SIAMESE DRESS WORN AT THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV. 102

29. YOUNG ENGLISH LADY OF FASHION, 1653 105

30. FANCY DRESS WORN IN THE REIGN OF LOUIS XV. 108

31. COSTUMES AFTER WATTEAU 111

32. CRINOLINE IN 1713 114

33. LOW BODIES AND CURTAILED CRINOLINE 117

34. COURT DRESS OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XVI. 125

35. CLASSIC COSTUME OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD 128

36. LADY OF FASHION, 1806 131

37. FASHIONABLE DRESS IN 1824 139

38. LADY OF FASHION, 1827 142

39. LADY OF FASHION, 1830 145

40. LADY OF FASHION, 1837 148

41. THE CRINOLINE OF A SOUTH SEA ISLANDER 151

42. THE FASHION OF 1865 188

43. THE FASHION OF 1867 191

44. CORSET, FORMING BOTH CORSET AND STOMACHER (FRONT) 197

45. CORSET, FORMING BOTH CORSET AND STOMACHER (BACK) 200

46. COMMON CHEAP STAY, FASTENED 202

47. COMMON CHEAP STAY, OPEN 203

48. THE GLOVE-FITTING CORSET (THOMSON AND CO.) 204

49. CORSET OF MESSRS. DE LA GARDE, PARIS (FRONT) 205

50. CORSET OF MESSRS. DE LA GARDE, PARIS (BACK) 208

51. THE REDRESSEUR CORSET OF VIENNA (WEISS) 211

52. THE FASHION OF 1868 222

53. THE ZEPHYRINA JUPON (THOMSON AND CO.) 223

54. TAHITIAN DANCING GIRL AND VENETIAN LADY 224

THE CORSET AND THE CRINOLINE.