Pictures!

[isabelladangelo]

The clickable photo on the right are the stays I received today. The photo on the left are of the stays in Kyoto. The blue stays are so 1790's in design it's amazing to look at them. Please check out the set I have up on flickr for pictures of both the blue and green stays. Also, if anyone happens to know what language the wording on the fan is (I think it's German?), please let me know! I'd love to have a translation of what's on the fan since it came in the package with the stays.

Comments

[marcine.livejournal.com]

Very nice! They do look late 18c, don't they? Cool!

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Based on the cut, the style, and the way it's boned, I'm sure the blue one is 1790's.

The green one might have been redesigned. The "inner" part feels a lot earlier (very heavily boned) and looks like it was redone in possibly the late 1780's for the changing look. I'm really not sure since this is an area I've only been playing with for a little over a year.