‘500 Years of Maternity Clothing ft. Kass McGann of Reconstructing History’ (Sources)

Link to video: https://youtu.be/D-88plYTyAs

Sources:
Women’s Work by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/359139.Women_s_Work

Front Lacing Stays for Noble People:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O10446/stays-and-busk-unknown/

https://sarahabendall.com/2019/01/01/bodies-or-stays-underwear-or-outerwear-seventeenth-century/

On women wearing doublets and jerkins, i.e. men’s clothes (pp. 37v–38r) Stubbs Anatomie of Abuses:
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-anatomy-of-abuses-by-philip-stubbes-1583#:~:text=The%20Anatomie%20of%20Abuses%20is,a%20famous%20ILANDE%20called%20AILGNA

Victorian Londoners Being Shorter:
Mentioned in The Tudor Tailor by Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcolm Davies. Also: Werner, A.  London Bodies:  the changing shape of Londoners from prehistoric times to the present day.  1998:  Museum of London, London.

Arnolfini Portrait:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Eyck_-_Arnolfini_Portrait.jpg

1400s Silhouettes Examples;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petrus_Christus_004_detail.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Christine_de_Pisan_and_Queen_Isabeau_detail.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Giovanna_Tornabuoni_full_length.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Margareta_van_Eyck.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_der_Weyden_Crucifixion_Triptych.jpg

1400s Common Women:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_juin_haymaking.jpg

1400s Sheep Shearing:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_juillet_sheep_shearing.jpg

Laced Bodices Through the Ages Example:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Heere_London_women_detail.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breviarium_Grimani_-_Juni_detail.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_de_Hooch_-_Mother_Lacing_Her_Bodice_beside_a_Cradle_-_WGA11698.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Siberechts_-_The_Wager_-_WGA21195.jpg

Greenland Finds Things:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robe_m%C3%A9di%C3%A9vale_Herjolfsnes_mus%C3%A9e_national_du_Danemark.jpg

Lennart Larsen, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenland_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg

Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Houppelande:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prayer_book_of_Maria_d%27Harcourt_-_Staatsbibliothek_zu_Berlin_MsGermQuart42_-_f19v.jpg

1400s-1500s Transition Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petrus_Christus_003_detail.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Bildnis_der_Prinzessin_Sibylle_von_Cleve_(1526,_Klassik_Stiftung_Weimar).jpg#file

1500s-1620s Examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Pourbus_._Portrait_of_a_young_lady.1554.signed_and_dated.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Bianca_Ponzoni_Anguissola,_by_Sofonisba_Anguissola.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KatharinavonMedici.jpg

Pair of Bodies Examples:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Woman_at_her_toilet.jpg

Tudor Skirt, Waist Seam, Bodice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tizian_072.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Eworth_called_Mary_Fitzalan_Duchess_of_Norfolk.jpg

Placket Front Tudor Gowns:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_Jane_Seymour,_Queen_of_England_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catherine_Parr.jpg

Differences in Bodice Spacing for Tudor:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_Sittow_002.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madame_de_Canaples_(Marie_d%27Assigny)_by_Jean_Clouet.jpg

Big Tudor Skirts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unknown_Lady_Robert_Peake_c1592.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabethditchley.jpg

Men’s Suits:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159023

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/91696

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/91693

Portrait of an Unknown Lady:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attributed_to_Marcus_Gheeraerts_II_-_Portrait_of_an_Unknown_Lady_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

1500s-1600s transition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_de%27_Medici_by_Scipione_Pulzone.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Poulett_by_Robert_Peake.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Radclyffe_by_William_Larkin.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isabella_Rubens.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Hals_045.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Chapeau_de_Paille_by_Peter_Paul_Rubens.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anthonis_van_Dyck_021.jpg

17th C. Jacket and Petticoat Combinations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Suzanna_Doublet-Huygens_by_Caspar_Netscher.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Honthorst_Roodere_detail.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Siberechts_%22Cour_de_ferme%22_d%C3%A9tail_Sc%C3%A8ne_d%27%C3%A9pouillage.jpg

17th c. Working Women v. 18th c. Working Women:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Singleton_The_Ale-House_Door_c._1790.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adriaen_van_Ostade_004.jpg

1620s Awkward Waistline:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_with_a_Fan_A28549.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_School_-_Gertrude_Sadler,_Lady_Aston_-_T03030_-_Tate.jpg

1620s Boned Bodice Coming into V Shape:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Mytens_(c._1590-1647)_-_Charles_I_and_Henrietta_Maria_-_RCIN_405789_-_Royal_Collection.jpg

Tabbed Skirt:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_080.jpg

Waistlines of Common People:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_dancers_Thames_at_Richmond.jpg

Waistline of Henrietta Maria:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henrietta_Maria.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait-of-Queen-Henrietta-Maria.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen-henrietta-maria-van-dyck.jpg

Tour Hairstyle with Mandilla:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontange_Kneller.jpg

1680s-1690s Elongated Silhouette:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_maria_luisa_de_medici_hunting_dress.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Claudio_Coello_-_Portrait_of_Teresa_Francisca_Mudarra_y_Herrera_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_Comtesse_de_Mailly_(ca._1698).jpg

1620-1690 Bodice Length Transition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gheeraerts_Margaret_Laton.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothybrownlow.jpg

Early Mantua:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mantua_MET_DT11788.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ripe_Speragas.jpg

1708 Mantua:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81809

To Robe á l’Anglaise transition:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81607

Stomacher Examples:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/104765

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/107920

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/121596

Stomacher Pinned vs. Behind Laces:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82426

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/79893

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/102662

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/168325

Ca. 1730 Robe Volante (Mantua to Robe Anglaise Transition)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/155093

Stays with Front and Back Lacing:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82436

Rococo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madame_de_Pompadour.jpg

Mid-Late Georgian (1770):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_artist_Marie_Suzanne_Giroust.jpg

18th Century Stays:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158001

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/90454

18th Century Petticoat and Open Gown:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83094

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/99509

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83605

Men’s Dress and Military Dress:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/98380

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/155774

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157537

Georgians Socialising in the Bed Chambers:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Highmore_001.jpg

1700s Bed Jacket:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bed_jacket_MET_1986.179.1_S.jpg

Casaque:
https://reconstructinghistory.com/product/rh823-wrapper-robe-battante-and-casaque/

Illustration courtesy of Reconstructing History

Robe Battante:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1700_Kontusch_anagoria.JPG

Anagoria, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

1790s Dress:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80193
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86875

Regency Fashion:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81135

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82154
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/107962

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/98068

Round Gown:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Round_gown_MET_DT9803.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Round_gown_MET_DT4300.jpg

Regency Stays Closure Methods:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/100033

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/90510

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/98267

Victorian Dresses:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158248

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/105678

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82630

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/107008

Longer Corsets:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86425

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86427

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86418

1840 Higher Waist:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82118

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/84523

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/139874

1860 Silhouette:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/108194

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82430

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81130

1860 Corset:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/175651

Maternity Corsets:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UmstandsKorsett.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woman%27s_Maternity_Corset.jpg

Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdominal_supporterUSpatent176895_1876.png

Victorian London:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dudley_St.,_Seven_Dials_Wellcome_L0000881.jpg

See page for author, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_School,_19th_Century,_Snow_Hill,_Holburn,_London.jpg

Victorian Dresses with Buttons:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/107839

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157729

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/106997

Victorian Wrapper Dresses:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/108108

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/108107

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/91021

Victorian Sports Specific Clothing:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159463

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/155791

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159074

Edwardian and 19-Teens Examples:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unknown_Edwardian_lady_with_a_very_fine_hat!_(6623301663).jpg

whatsthatpicture from Hanwell, London, UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_seated_young_woman_in_Edwardian_dress_(3331845583).jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woman_wearing_a_corset.jpg

Domichan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Modern_Woman_1912.png

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fall1918womansfashions.jpg

Curvy Women in the 1920s:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luisa_Tetrazzini_in_1920_(cut).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diaghilev1920s.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1923MotherHandsFolded.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STONE,_HARLAN_F.,_MRS._LCCN2016862057.tif

Edwardian (19-Teens Rather) Workwear:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_WOMEN%27S_WORK_IN_THE_WAR_INDUSTRY,_1914-1918_Q109928.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_WOMEN%27S_WORK_IN_AGRICULTURE,_1914-1918_Q110299.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_WOMEN%27S_WORK_IN_THE_WAR_PRODUCTION,_1914-1918_Q109998.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_WOMEN%27S_WORK_IN_THE_WAR_INDUSTRY,_1914-1918_Q109947.jpg

1920s Examples:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evening_dress_MET_DT289485.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dress_MET_DP143253.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evening_dress_MET_1978.288.8_F.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emilia_Bertole.jpg

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