A French historian of women's dress states that the corset, against which a war has again been declared by some of the leaders of Paris society, was worn by the ancient Egyptians. This assertion is borne out by the figures carved on the tombs of wbmen, who are invariatSy represented as wearing a garment strongly resembling the modern corset. There does not appear to be any representation extant of Cleopatra VI., the beloved of Antony, but in ono of the temples there is a ngur© of her predecessor, Cleopatra 11., in which the sculptor has endowed her with a corset cut on the lines oC those worn to-day. Whalebone was probably unknown to the Egyptians, but a nation capable of constructing pyramids without steam cranes, says a Londoner, would probably find no diffl. eulty in making stays without busks.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1909, Page 9
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139Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1909, Page 9
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