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[1] English School, 19th century. 1870s. Portrait of a Woman and Her Greyhound, C.1870. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.
[2] Portrait of a Woman; France. 1860s. Albumen silver print. Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. https://bit.ly/3LgxHLI.
[3] Miss Poe, Portrait of a Young African American Woman. n.d. Photograph. An African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1992).
[4] Les Modes. 1908. Le Corset Thylda. Les Modes, October 1908. https://bit.ly/3Aiuipm.
[5] Wedding Photograph. 1889. Photograph. Private Collection.
[6] Coronet Corset Co. 1900. Advertisement for the New Figure “Flexibone Moulded Corset”. Magazine Advertisement. The Ladies’ Home Journal 190010: Vol 17 Iss 11. https://bit.ly/3UQY7XD.
[7] Evening Dress, American. 1858. Silk. New York, NY. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://bit.ly/3mS2ftL.
[8] World of Fashion. 1850. The London & Paris Fashions for February 1850. Fashion Plate. Los Angeles, CA. Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library. https://bit.ly/3oxVcqJ.
[9] Cage Crinoline, British. 1862. Cotton, Metal. New York, NY. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://bit.ly/3mSdoLc.
[10] Woman’s Dress. 1863. Printed Wool, Silk Braid. Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Museum of Art. https://bit.ly/3AfzdHy.
[11] Dress, American or European. 1860s. Silk. New York, NY. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://bit.ly/3Aiv0D6.
[12] A. Carrache, in Les Modes Parisiennes. 1864. Evening Dresses, 1864. Handcoloured Etching, Line and Stipple Engraving. London, United Kingdom. National Portrait Gallery. https://bit.ly/3onWJiO.
[13] Dress, American or European. 1860s. Silk. New York, NY. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://bit.ly/3MZWEvY.
[14] as [11]
[15] Dress, Black Plain Weave Silk with Ruffles. 1870s. Silk, Cotton. Durham, NH. University of New Hampshire. https://bit.ly/3mPiRT1.
[16] Dress, American. 1810. Cotton, Silk. New York, NY. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://bit.ly/41tlcSx.
[17] Woman Posing for a Studio Portrait, 18601870. 1860. Photograph. Queensland, Australia. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. https://bit.ly/3H43qNz.
[18] Kenna Libes. 2019. “Extant Garments Waist Measurement Resource (25″/64cm+) (900+ Garments!).” Sew Last Century. August 1, 2019. https://bit.ly/41J8UVS.
[19] Striped Silk Taffeta Day Dress. 1850. Silk taffeta, Cotton, Wool. Augusta Auctions. Private Collection. https://bit.ly/3N3nVxI.
[20] Pennell, Joseph J. 1902. Portrait of a Well Dressed African American Young Woman Identified as Marie Watson. Photograph. Lawrence, KS. Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
[21] “Wasp Waist.” 1890. Photograph. London, United Kingdom. The Victoria & Albert Museum. https://bit.ly/40n3uPb.
[22] Reutlinger, Les Modes. 1901. Robe de Ville. Photograph. Paris, France. Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France. https://bit.ly/3outBqq.
[23] Maria Christina of Austria Queen of Spain. 1880. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. https://bit.ly/3UVQEX1.
[24] Debas, Fernando. 1890. Queen Regent Maria Cristina of Spain. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. https://bit.ly/40sjv6v.
[25] Corset. 1860. Cotton, Metal, Baleen. Manchester, United Kingdom. Manchester Art Gallery. https://bit.ly/40HJsiR.
[26] House of Worth. 1888. Imperial Russian Court Dress. Silk velvet, Silver Lamé moiré, Embroidered with Clear Glass crystals, Silver sequins, Silver foil, Silver Strips. Indianapolis, IN. The Indianapolis Museum of Art . https://bit.ly/3V28uI3.
[27] Hecklinger, Charles. (1895) 1895. The “Keystone” Jacket and Dress Cutter. A Treatise on Jackets, Dresses and Other Garments for Women. New York: The Herald of Fashion Co. https://bit.ly/41rpie1.

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