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Record 1 2018-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underwear
  • Hosiery and Apparel Industry (Textiles)
CONT

[Women'] stays are bound with iron in the holes through which the laces are drawn so as to bear the tremendous tugging which is intended to reduce so important a part of the human frame to a third of its natural proportion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lingerie
  • Habillement et bonneterie (Textiles)
CONT

Le corsage appelé corps à baleines ou tout simplement corps est lacé par devant, fait de grosse toile, piqué, baleiné et ajusté.

CONT

Le corps piqué très serré à la taille donne aux femmes un aspect guindé; toujours très long, il forme devant une longue pointe légèrement relevée du bas.

OBS

Se porte par-dessus la chemise; comporte des baleines.

Spanish

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