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1895 Nursing Corset, French, From American Catalogue. #Corset #VictorianEra #VictorianFashion #USA

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1895 Nursing Corset, French. via Montgomery Ward and co. Catalogue. Boned, soft and pliable busts, French sateen covered strips.

Definition Montgomery Ward:  World first American mail order business and later a department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. 

Corsets 1880-1900 History Notes Book 20 This book shows how a fashionable silhouette became of paramount importance and how a well-fitted corset became a fashion essential. As well as a decorative fashion item,  tight lacing gave a narrow waist and the desired feminine form under clothing. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveCorsetBook20

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1805-1810 ca. What shoes did Jane Austen and her contemporaries wear? Red Shoes With Laces. #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Shoes #Fashion

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1805-1810 ca. Red Shoes With Laces. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. mfa.org

In Jane Austen’s years, she and her contemporaries spent a lot of time walking outdoors. People were encouraged to partake in outdoor pursuits to maintain good health. Fragile slippers were worn for balls and evening events but for walking sturdier shoes were needed, In the early 1800s, these were typically made of leather, had a very small heel, slightly rounded toes and were laced up on the top.

1805-1810 ca. Red Shoes With Laces. via suzilove.com and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. mfa.org
1805-1810 ca. Red Shoes With Laces. via suzilove.com and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. mfa.org
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In Bridgerton and Jane Austen’s times craftsmen created containers of precious metals, leather, silks, and decorated them with jewels. #Bridgerton #JaneAusten #travel #writing #sewing

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In Jane Austen’s times craftsmen created boxes and containers of precious metals, leather, silks, and decorated them with jewels. Boxes, Cases, Etui, Necessaire and everything else that was used to carry essential items for travel, sewing, medicine, writing, and toiletries. Containers were engraved to make exquisite and expensive items as well as practical carrying cases. books2read.com/suziloveBoxesCases

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1908 Silk and Rubber Corset, Front Fastenings and Suspenders and Back Lacing, French. #Edwardian #Corset #HistoricalFashion #France

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1908 Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening, front suspenders, and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Marking: label “7.50, Made in France, Véritable Baleine, Brévété S.G.D.G., Best Whalebone THE PARIS, Made in France, expressly or C.F. Hovey and Co., Boston.” stamped on bone lining of corset]; “Corset de Paris” paper label via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, USA Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Earl Rowe, 1951 Accession Number: C.I.51.15.25a, b

corset_1908 Front Fastening View Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Suzi Love suzilove.com & Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
1908 Front Fastening View Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Suzi Love suzilove.com & Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
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1908 Front Fastening View Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Suzi Love suzilove.com & Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
1908 Back Lacing Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
1908 Back Lacing Of Corset, French. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston. Label: The Paris. Silk and Rubber. Front fastening and back lacing. via Metropolitan Museum, NYC, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
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1908 Label For Front Fastening and Back Lacing Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston.
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1908 Front Suspenders and Back Lacing Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston.
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1908 Front Suspenders and Fastenings and Back Lacing Silk and Rubber Corset, French. Front fastening and back lacing. Made For C. F. Hovey & Co., Boston.
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Corsets 1900s History Notes Book 21 Corsets during early 1900s when a fashionable silhouette became of paramount importance and a well-fitted corset a fashion essential. books2read.com/SuziLoveCorsetBook21

1840s Woman’s Square Toed Silk Satin Shoes or Slippers, Probably United States. #Shoes #RomanticEra #HistoricFashion

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1840s Woman’s Shoes or Slippers, Probably United States. Square toes, silk satin, sueded leather, linen, and kid leather. via Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA. collections.lacma.org Shoes in the early 1800s were flat or low heeled and occasionally decorated with a bow or floral embellishments. From the 1820s onwards, square toes became fashionable. 

1840s Woman's Shoes or Slippers, Probably United States. Square toes, silk satin, sueded leather, linen, and kid leather. via Suzi Love suzilove.com & Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA. collections.lacma.org
1840s Woman’s Shoes or Slippers, Probably United States. Square toes, silk satin, sueded leather, linen, and kid leather. via Suzi Love suzilove.com & Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA. collections.lacma.org
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1810-1850 ca. Bridgerton or Jane Austen Style Front Lacing Corset With Extra Wide Straps, American Or European. #Bridgertons #JaneAusten #RegencyFashion #Corset #RomanticEra

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1810–1850 ca. Corset, American or European. Front lacing, extra wide straps for under a
square neckline dress. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org

1810–1850 ca. Corset, American or European. Front lacing, extra wide straps for under a square neckline dress. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org

Surviving stays, or corsets as they became to be called in the nineteenth century, show that both longline and shorter corsets were worn and that they were made of cotton, silk and sateen. A lot of these corsets were front fastening, plus many were laced at both the front and the back so our aristocratic fictional heroines could indeed dress and undress themselves without the assistance of a maid.

Corsets 1810-1830 History Notes Book 17 This book shows how corsets changed to fit well under clothing,  give maximum support and comfort. Corsets pushed up breasts and showed off the bust line beneath a square-cut and low-cut neckline as in the early 1800s, or Regency years. Jane Austen and her female and friends wore these corsets. https://books2read.com/SuziLoveCorsetBook17

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1800 ca. Brown Striped Trousers, American or European. #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #FashionHistory

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1800 ca. Brown Striped Trousers, American or European. Button front waistband, small drop down flap, or fall, pockets, and with extra fullness in the back for ease of movement. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. The style of men’s pants that replaced breeches as the fashionable pants item for men in Jane Austen’ times.

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1800 Brown Striped Trousers, American or European. via metmuseum. Back View.
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1800 Brown Striped Trousers, American or European. via metmuseum. Front View.
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1820-1840 ca. Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset, Connecticut, USA. #Regency #Corset #RomanticEra

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1820-1840 ca.  Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset,   Connecticut, USA. Ivory cotton covered with hand embroidery, including love birds on hearts, front pocket for busk, eyelets for back lacing. Trapunto (to embroider) cording decorates and shapes corset.  The back closure has ivory eyelets for the lacing.  The center-front has a pocket panel for inserting a busk. Trapunto (to embroider) shapes the corset by outlining the design with two or more rows of running stitches and then padding from the underside which gives a raised effect.The technique was always considered very elegant. Trapunto first appeared in 14th century Sicily and was widely adopted for clothing in Tudor England, and then brought to America by the new settlers. In addition to the cording, the corset is totally covered with hand-embroidered flowers and there are two embroidered love birds on hearts at the center-front. Above the birds is a section of trapunto work. via Vintage Textiles

1820-1840 ca. 1 Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset, Connecticut, USA. Ivory cotton covered with hand embroidery, including love birds on hearts, front pocket for busk, eyelets for back lacing. Trapunto (to embroider) cording decorates and shapes corset. The back closure has ivory eyelets for the lacing. The center-front has a pocket panel for inserting a busk. Trapunto (to embroider) shapes the corset by outlining the design with two or more rows of running stitches and then padding from the underside which gives a raised effect.The technique was always considered very elegant. Trapunto first appeared in 14th century Sicily and was widely adopted for clothing in Tudor England, and then brought to America by the new settlers. In addition to the cording, the corset is totally covered with hand-embroidered flowers and there are two embroidered love birds on hearts at the center-front. Above the birds is a section of trapunto work. via Vintage Textile.
1820-1840 ca. 2. Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset, Connecticut, USA. Ivory cotton covered with hand embroidery, including love birds on hearts, front pocket for busk, eyelets for back lacing. Trapunto (to embroider) cording decorates and shapes corset. The back closure has ivory eyelets for the lacing. The center-front has a pocket panel for inserting a busk. Trapunto (to embroider) shapes the corset by outlining the design with two or more rows of running stitches and then padding from the underside which gives a raised effect.The technique was always considered very elegant. Trapunto first appeared in 14th century Sicily and was widely adopted for clothing in Tudor England, and then brought to America by the new settlers. In addition to the cording, the corset is totally covered with hand-embroidered flowers and there are two embroidered love birds on hearts at the center-front. Above the birds is a section of trapunto work. via Vintage Textile.
1820-1840 ca. 3 Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset, Connecticut, USA. Ivory cotton covered with hand embroidery, including love birds on hearts, front pocket for busk, eyelets for back lacing. Trapunto (to embroider) cording decorates and shapes corset. The back closure has ivory eyelets for the lacing. The center-front has a pocket panel for inserting a busk. Trapunto (to embroider) shapes the corset by outlining the design with two or more rows of running stitches and then padding from the underside which gives a raised effect.The technique was always considered very elegant. Trapunto first appeared in 14th century Sicily and was widely adopted for clothing in Tudor England, and then brought to America by the new settlers. In addition to the cording, the corset is totally covered with hand-embroidered flowers and there are two embroidered love birds on hearts at the center-front. Above the birds is a section of trapunto work. via Vintage Textile.
1820-1840 ca. 4. Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset, Connecticut, USA. Ivory cotton covered with hand embroidery, including love birds on hearts, front pocket for busk, eyelets for back lacing. Trapunto (to embroider) cording decorates and shapes corset. The back closure has ivory eyelets for the lacing. The center-front has a pocket panel for inserting a busk. Trapunto (to embroider) shapes the corset by outlining the design with two or more rows of running stitches and then padding from the underside which gives a raised effect.The technique was always considered very elegant. Trapunto first appeared in 14th century Sicily and was widely adopted for clothing in Tudor England, and then brought to America by the new settlers. In addition to the cording, the corset is totally covered with hand-embroidered flowers and there are two embroidered love birds on hearts at the center-front. Above the birds is a section of trapunto work. via Vintage Textile.
1820-1840 ca. 5. Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset, Connecticut, USA. Ivory cotton covered with hand embroidery, including love birds on hearts, front pocket for busk, eyelets for back lacing. Trapunto (to embroider) cording decorates and shapes corset. The back closure has ivory eyelets for the lacing. The center-front has a pocket panel for inserting a busk. Trapunto (to embroider) shapes the corset by outlining the design with two or more rows of running stitches and then padding from the underside which gives a raised effect.The technique was always considered very elegant. Trapunto first appeared in 14th century Sicily and was widely adopted for clothing in Tudor England, and then brought to America by the new settlers. In addition to the cording, the corset is totally covered with hand-embroidered flowers and there are two embroidered love birds on hearts at the center-front. Above the birds is a section of trapunto work. via Vintage Textile.
1820-1840 ca. 6 Hand-Embroidered Wedding Corset, Connecticut, USA. Ivory cotton covered with hand embroidery, including love birds on hearts, front pocket for busk, eyelets for back lacing. Trapunto (to embroider) cording decorates and shapes corset. The back closure has ivory eyelets for the lacing. The center-front has a pocket panel for inserting a busk. Trapunto (to embroider) shapes the corset by outlining the design with two or more rows of running stitches and then padding from the underside which gives a raised effect.The technique was always considered very elegant. Trapunto first appeared in 14th century Sicily and was widely adopted for clothing in Tudor England, and then brought to America by the new settlers. In addition to the cording, the corset is totally covered with hand-embroidered flowers and there are two embroidered love birds on hearts at the center-front. Above the birds is a section of trapunto work. via Vintage Textile.
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1790-1810 ca. Jane Austen Style Woman’s Black Wool Shoes, American. #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Shoes

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1790-1810 ca. Woman’s Black Wool Shoes. Pointed toe and low wedge heel covered in same fabric, black tape binding, leather straight or symmetrical sole, linen insole and lining. Wool satin with wool twill tape binding, plain weave linen lining, and leather sole.  Place of Use: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. Place of Manufacture: possibly Massachusetts, United States Provenance: Worn by a member of the Robbins family; inherited by Ellen A. Stone; gift to MFA, 1899. Credit Line  Gift of Miss Ellen A. Stone via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U. S.A.

In Jane Austen’s years, she and her contemporaries spent a lot of time outdoors. Fragile slippers were worn for balls and evening events but for walking sturdier shoes were needed, In the early 1800s, these were typically made of leather and were flat or had a very small heel.

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Christmas: Coca Cola Created Modern Day Santa. #Christmas #holidays #cocacola #santa

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In 1931 Coca-Cola decided they wanted a more “wholesome” depiction of Santa, and contracted illustrator Haddon Sundblom to give him a makeover. Sundblom (1899-1976), who created expressive paintings of the magical Mr. Claus for the Coca-Cola Company over a period of 33 years. In 1931, Coca-Cola employed illustrator, Haddon Sundblom, to create a happier image of Santa Claus and he drew a new advertisement each year.

Annual Coca-Cola advertisement created by the remarkable illustrator Haddon Sundblom. Clement Moore’s 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” may have describe the jolly old elf in detail, and Thomas Nast’s 1881 caricature of Saint Nick may have brought the image of Santa into focus, but not until the middle of the 20th century did one artist perfect the image of Santa and make it stick.

That artist was Michigan-native Haddon Sundblom (1899-1976), who created expressive paintings of the magical Mr. Claus for the Coca-Cola Company over a period of 33 years. Though he was not the first artist to create an image of Santa Claus for Coca-Cola advertising, Haddon Sundblom’s version became the standard for other Santa renditions and is the most-enduring.

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