List of illustrations

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 OFLOUIS 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 SOUTH SEA ISLANDER 151
42. THE FASHION OF 1865 188
43. THE FASHION OF 1867 191
44. CORSET, FORMING BOTH CORSET AND STOMACHER (FRONT) 196
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

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