Author: VRIES, J.N. DE, F. VAN DER LAKEN & D.J. LIST,
Title: Lijn in Balein. Exhib.Catalogue Historisch Kostuum Museum Utrecht, 1987.
Description: Utrecht, Kostuum Museum, 1987. large 8°. orig. stiff pict. col. wraps. 63pp. Num. facsim. text-ills. incl. orig.text reproduced, short bibliogr., short name-list of lenders, errata-slip loosely inserted. An interesting catalogue to the exhibition at the Historic Costume Museum, Utrecht (no longer extant), depict. & describing female underwear period c. 1750 up till the 20th century, history & development of design, mutilating effects of corsets on the female body, incl. an art. on crinolines. MINT copy. Scarce.

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