corset 1910

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hand quilted corset 1820

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corset 1790-1810

from Met museum

a busk

In Holland you can order busks at http://www.enterharmony.nl/
Stays from the first part of the 19th century often had a wide, vertical center slot in which a long, straight busk made out of wood, ivory or whalebone (often highly decorated with cavings or poems) which could be inserted into the center slot for support. Busks were not always worn and could be removed easily according to your activity. Generally busks were worn for formal or evening functions and taken out for leisure. http://www.antiquecorsetgallery.com/article.php?article=28
This wooden new busk you can order at http://www.mantua-maker.com/catalog.html

A busk (also spelled busque) is the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front.

In stays, the corsets worn between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, the busk was intended to keep the front of the corset straight and upright. It was made of wood, ivory, or bone slipped into a pocket and tied in place with a lace called the busk point. These busks were often carved and decorated, or inscribed with messages, and were popular gifts from men to their sweethearts.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, a new form of busk appeared. It was made of two long pieces of steel, one with loops and the other with posts, that functioned in the same way as hook and eye fastenings on a garment [1]. This made corsets considerably easier to put on and take off, as the laces did not have to be loosened as much as when the corset had to go over the wearer's head and shoulders. The second half of the nineteenth century also saw the invention of the spoon busk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buska baleen busk from 1780 http://www.antiquedress.com/

a wooden busk from the early 19th century http://www.antiquedress.com/

Elizabeth bodies patterns

Reconstructies van bestaande corsetten. De 1e is van Pfalzgrafin Dorothea Sabina von Neuberg in 1598. Aan de voorkant met baleinen en een busk. Intergrale schouderbandjes, aan de achterkant open en dicht te doen met rijgsluiting. De 2e is gebasseerd op het corset van Elizabeth 1 (zie foto hieronder) https://www.reconstructinghistory.com

Een vroeg 16e eeuws corset. Deze heeft rondingen in de taille. Omdat de rokken zwaarder en groter werden, ontstonden er tabs (losse lapjes stof) onderaan het corset, dit om het schuren van de rok tegen te gaan. Het corset met de tabs is laat renaissance, gedragen tot midden van de 17e eeuw. http://www.alteryears.com/

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Elizabeth bodies

Dit corset schijnt gedragen door Koningin Elizabeth 1, het corset bestond uit 1 stuk, ook wel body genoemd. Bestond het corset uit 2 delen dan werd het een pair of bodies genoemd. De Coche (busk) kwam nu ook in beeld, om de dame een recht figuur te geven.

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regency corset patterns

This package includes patterns for a chemise, short stays, and two chemisettes. The chemise was modeled from original garments in several museum collections and features an adjustable drawstring neckline and gussets under the arms for a comfortable fit. The short stays lace in the front and were based upon extant stays in museum collections as well as period drawings of these transitional undergarments. The chemisettes were drawn from portraits of the time as well as Janet Arnold's excellent research in Patterns of Fashion I. Begin with the chemise next to the skin, then add your stays for the correct silhouette. To create a smooth line beneath your gowns, add a long petticoat over your stays, which you can easily make from the Regency Gown pattern above (omitting the sleeves). For daytime, put a chemisette over your undergarments, then don your gown. Voila'! A full Regency wardrobe! http://www.sensibility.com/pattern/main/?page_id=8

This is the best-selling, highly desirably Mantua-Maker's Corset pattern for the true Regency silhouette. As the fashionable silhouette cannot be achieved if the bounce remains when the dancing stops!

The goal for the Regency corset was not to reduce the waist, but to push up the bust. Reviewers complained that the fashionable lady's bosom looked like a shelf aimed toward her chin.

Pattern also contains:Historical notesPeriod sewing techniquesA riding corset option

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korset empire, regency periode

Bij dit korset zie je nog wel in het midden, tussen de borsten ruimte voor een 'busk', een houten plankje..zodat je nog wel een recht postuur kreeg.

Dit zijn allemaal voorbeelden van korsetten of 'stays'van de empire en regency periode.

Er werd geen gebruik veelvuldig gemaakt van baleinen en houten plankjes, dat kwam de vrijheid en gezondheid ten goede. In plaats daarvan werden bv de lagen stof waaruit het korset bestond geborduurd, dit zorgde voor een wat verstijvend effect. En en er werden koorden bv van hennep of katoen in genaaid, dit verving de baleinen. http://www.demodecouture.com/