Vitalist Statues and the Belly Pad of 1793 – Journal18: a journal
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Amelia Rauser In the spring of 1793, a strange fad swept London: women began to wear belly pads under their dresses. Although no pads are known to survive today, a contemporary described one as “a linen bag, about the size and shape of a small pillow case… left open at one end, which eith
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Vitalist Statues and the Belly Pad of 1793 – Journal18: a journal of eighteenth-century art and culture
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