I forwarded this on to Alden - she's not in today but she'd probably be able to give you some more information. Genevieve Ellerbee Associate Registrar DAR Museum Washington, D.C. > -----Original Message----- > From: Deb Fuller [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:49 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Corset misconceptions > > I'd love to see her research because I've found very little from this > period on > corsets. A friend of mine at the Sully plantation has also been > researching on > the time period and come up with very little. It's driving us nuts. > There's the > one from the Kyoto collection and I've seen a couple of others like this > unboned lace-up mini-corsets as shown in the picture on this page: > > http://locutus.ucr.edu/~cathy/dress/und.html > > And if you look at this portrait of two ladies by Rouget in 1811, the lady > on > the right clearly does not have a corset on. Granted these women are > French and > they tended to be the most...uh...freely attired of the time period. > > (scroll down to about the middle of the page) > http://www.songsmyth.com/daydresses.html > > Deb > > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).