Until 1810 metal boning wasn't used for corset making. Instead of whalebone staymakers also used reed to stiffen their products. Several pieces of
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Reed Boning
Reed Boning - UK
Red French Bodies, c. 1590s
Patterns for two corsets and short stays of the Regency / Empire and Victorian Era. View A is a traditional lightly boned, corded corset with slashed
Regency and Romantic Era Corsets 1805-1840 (LM115)
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Double Steel Boned Brocade Curvy Underbust Corset