Corset Gallery

Advert for English Rose dream corselette, 1952

Advertisement for underwear and foundation garment manufacturer, English Rose featuring a woman wearing a dream corselette, 1952. Date: 1952

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Miss Busk and Mr Corset at a dance party

Miss Busk and Mr Corset at a dance party. Fashionable couple in tight corsets dancing at a ball. To appear slim, there are young men today who wear corsets like the women. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. Miss Busk and Mr Corset at a dance party. Fashionable couple in tight corsets dancing at a ball. To appear slim, there are young men today who wear corsets like the women. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817. Date:

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Woman of the court of King Henry IV of France, 1589-1610

Woman of the court of King Henry IV of France, 1589-1610. She wears her hair tied up with a ribbon, an upright lace collar, Spanish court dress with low cut bosom, slashed sleeves, corset, farthingale or vertugadin, and striped petticoat. A mask hangs from her ear, and a mirror and jewel hang from a chain belt. After a drawing by Janet Clouet in the editor's collection. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827. Date:

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