The Stay Maker

Date: c 1770s
Object number: TH.2010.3.1-3.M
Descriptionthree pages of stay patterns from 1751-1760 with printed descriptions of each, plate XXII was used on page 152 of book; patterns labelled plate XX, XXII, XXIII were taken from Diderot's Encyclopedia of 1776 (research material for Corsets and Crinolines)