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.