LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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.