(by Jill Salen) Beautiful and historically accurate patterns for 25 corsets from the period 1750-1917. Each example is from a museum or a private collection and there are patterns, photos, and drawings of each along with an historical overview. As if that isn't enough, there are 2 step-by step projects for a 1790 hand stitched corset and a 1900 machine made corset. The author is a lecturer in costume and has been producing patterns from existing period corsets for many years. 128 pp, 9/11, Paper

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