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DIVORCE CORSET [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1993-10-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Hosiery and Apparel Industry (Textiles)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- divorce corset 1, record 1, English, divorce%20corset
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The divorce corset ... was ... a device ... to separate one breast from the other. ... a triangular piece of iron or steel, padded and with curved sides, the point projecting upwards between the breasts, thrusting them apart. (The History of Underclothes, 1951, p. 117). 1, record 1, English, - divorce%20corset
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The ill-named ... divorce corset consists of a piece of steel or iron, of a triangular form, gently curved on each side. This formidable breast-plate ... is covered with soft materials; and thus bedded, placed in the centre of the chest to divide the breasts. (Fashion and Fetishism, 1982, p. 113). 1, record 1, English, - divorce%20corset
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Habillement et bonneterie (Textiles)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- divorces 1, record 1, French, divorces
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- corset à la Ninon 1, record 1, French, corset%20%C3%A0%20la%20Ninon
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les corsets [...] reparaissent d'abord sous l'aspect d'une sorte de soutien-gorge, avec un dispositif pour écarter les seins, qui prend le nom de divorces, puis sous celle d'un corset plus classique qu'on appellera le corset à la Ninon. (Le costume (Consulat - Empire), 1990, p. 15). 1, record 1, French, - divorces
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Très peu baleiné et considérablement réduit de hauteur par rapport aux anciens «corps», le corset «à la Ninon» qui apparaît vers 1810, consiste surtout à écarter les seins comme l'impose alors la mode. (Les dessus et les dessous de la bourgeoisie, 1981, p. 270). 1, record 1, French, - divorces
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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