IMPROVEMENTS IN CORSETS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, Fel. Inst Pat. A., of the Agency for Foreign'
Patent Solicitors, No 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and
of No 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CORSETS
(a communication from abroad by Mariane Borsarelli, of Marseilles, in the
Republic of France, Corset Maker) to be as follows:―
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This invention has for its object the construction of improved corsets having the
double advantage of being extremely simple in pattern and of narrowing and
lengthening the waist whilst avoiding compression of the vital organs.
The system consists essentially in a special cut of the stuff which admits of each
side of the corset being made in one two or three pieces according to requirements,
and of obtaining at about the middle if desired an elegant waist.
The exact pattern of the corset is capable of modification according to the effect
to be produced.
In the simplest form of corset made on this system each half of the garment is
formed of two pieces, whereof the larger forms the upper portion, whilst the
smaller piece forms the lower.
The inner edge of the upper part has a horizontal slit cut in it capable of being
opened more or less widely according to the contour required; there are also two
vertical slits in the bosom for the same object.
: The upper piece terminates below in two strips of suitable length, of which one
forms the front of the corset and the other the back; this latter is pierced with
holes for the laces.
The lower piece is sewn in between the above mentioned strips and completes
the garment.
This pattern of corset is not designed to reduce the size of the waist.
In another modification of the system the above described slits are replaced by a
separate piece of suitable shape to give the requisite contour to the bosom of the
corset.
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In this pattern of corset the front strip may be shortened if required.
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page_text: In the arrangements shewn in Figures 1, 2 and 3, each half of the garment is
formed in two pieces. The upper part A, Figure 1, forms the bosom; and the lower 2
párt B, Figure 2 the hips of the corset.
As shewn in Figure 1, the inner edge of the upper part A has a slit á cut in it
Capable of being opened more or less widely according to the contour required;
there are also two slits b and c in the bosom for the same object. :
The upper piece A terminates below in two strips of suitable length, of which 3
one d forms the front of the corset, and the other e the back; this latter is pierced
with holes for the laces. Either the strips e or the strips d or both may be
dispensed with, the lower part B being cut to a contour to supply their places, as
shown in Figures 7, and 11.
'The lower piece B, Figure 2 is sewn to the upper piece, the upper edges ƒ ƒ 3
coming in contact with the lower edge gas represented in Figure 3, which gives a
perspective view of the entire corset, when ready to receive the whalebones.
This simple pattern of corset is not designed to reduce the apparent size of the
waist
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As shown in Figs 4 to 11 each half of the corset may consist of 3 pieces A 4
forming the upper part, and B the lower part, with an additional piece J or O
inserted where a more definite contour is required to be given either to the bosom
or waist.

page_text: In Figure 4 is shewn the upper part A, with an incision to receive the piece J
(Figure 6) this arrangement does away with the necessity for the slits a, b, c. The
piece J, may be formed with a slit at j to give the requisite contour to the bosom
of the corset.
The contour of the waist is given by the part o, cut in one with the rest of the
piece A shewn at Figure 4, but where this is insufficient, or it is desired to reduce
the size of the waist, a separate piece O (Figures 10, 11) may be inserted, but
where this piece is inserted, it is preferable to omit the piece J, and to regulate the
contour of the bosom by means of the slits p and q.
The lower part of A (Figure 4) is furnished with only one strip k for the holes
for the laces and the front of the corset, is formed of the corresponding part L
shewn in Figure 5. The front strip k may be shortened at m, and the size of the
piece B (Figure 5) increased to receive the eyelet holes as shewn in dotted lines
at n, or as shewn in Figure 9.
The piece B when fastened to A forms the hip portion of the corset, without any
addition.
Figures 7 and 11 give perspective views of the whole corset.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is
1st In the manufacture of corsets, the use of two principal portions, an upper
and lower piece, with or without an auxiliary piece to give the requisite contour
to the bosom of the corset, or to reduce the size of the waist, substantially as
described.
2nd The special arrangements and combinations of the parts forming a corset
each taken as a whole substantially as and for the purposes described and shown.
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