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An advertiser of 1908 , who described himself as “ not merely a corset' maker ,
but à corset artist , ” offered . . a really high - class corset at a popular price , built
on an entirely new principle . It is cut very full about the waist , and the bust is
short ...
An advertiser of 1908 , who described himself as “ not merely a corset' maker ,
but à corset artist , ” offered . . a really high - class corset at a popular price , built
on an entirely new principle . It is cut very full about the waist , and the bust is
short ...
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Short jackets , long coats , dolmans , capes , and boas were made entirely of
sealskin . Indeed , so great was the demand for this fur during the last quarter of
the nineteenth century that the seal herds which had formerly swarmed in the ...
Short jackets , long coats , dolmans , capes , and boas were made entirely of
sealskin . Indeed , so great was the demand for this fur during the last quarter of
the nineteenth century that the seal herds which had formerly swarmed in the ...
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He has furnished a very attractive room entirely with papier mâché furniture .
Inlaid in the papier mâché are Balmoral scenes , with wolves and baying hounds
, or else garlands and wreaths of flowers in the taste of the forties . One would ...
He has furnished a very attractive room entirely with papier mâché furniture .
Inlaid in the papier mâché are Balmoral scenes , with wolves and baying hounds
, or else garlands and wreaths of flowers in the taste of the forties . One would ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I BACK NATURE AND THE GREEKS | 13 |
PRUDERY AND ROMANTICISM | 26 |
SENTIMENTALISM AND THE RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE | 38 |
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