Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Corsets and Crinolinesis a study of the changing shapes of women's dress and how these were produced, how simple laced bodices became corsets of cane, whale-bone and steel, while padding at shoulders and hips gave way to the structures of farthingales, hoops and bustles. Added are contemporary tailors and dressmakers accounts, illustrations, index, a glossary of terms and materials, appendices on the repair and manufacture of corsets and crinolines.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• List of Illustrations
• Bibliography Museum and Private Collections
• Chapter 1
• I Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to 1670
• i The Whaleboned Body
• ii The Farthingale
• iii References to Whaleboned Bodies and Farthingales from contemporary sources
• II 1670 to the end of the Eighteenth century
• i The Stays
• ii The Hoop Petticoat
• iii References to Stays and Hoop Petticoats from Contemporary Sources
• III Beginning of the Nineteenth Century to 1925
• i The Corset
• ii The Crinoline and the Bustle
• iii The Corset, Crinoline and Bustle - from Contemporary Magazines
• iv References to Corsets, Crinolines, and Bustles from Contemporary Sources
• Appendix I The Construction of Corsets
• II The Construction of Farthingales, Hoop Petticoats, Etc
• III Supports for Corsets, Crinolines, Etc
• IV Whalebone
• Glossary
• Index