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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LAVINIA H. FOY, of the city and county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 represents a front view of my im proved corset, and figures marked No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 represent the sep arate pieces from which the corset (shown in Fig. l) is made. To produce a correctly-formed corset that would fit gracefully, and which could be worn with ease, while at the same time the expense of manufacture was lessened, was the object in view in making this invention. By reference to the drawings it will be seen that the parts numberect from 1 to 5, inclu- sive, when sewed together, form one side of the corset. and as both sides are alike, the same patterns answer to cut the material for both sides. Again, all of the seams are reg ular-that is, no gathering is required in sew- ing them up. For instauce. if No. 2 is turued over on top of No. 1, then the edges a a will match, and if the piece No. 3 is turned over on top of No. 2, the edges b b will match, and in like manner will the edges c c and d d, and when the several parts are sewed together, which can be done by machinery, and with great ease and dispatch, owing to the regu larity and correspondence of the edges, as above noticed, a form is produced which fits very gracefully the form of the wearer. It will be noticed that the enlarged tops of Nos. 1, 2, and 3 give the proper and necessary full- ness for the bosom, while the enlarged bot | toms of Nos. 3 and 4 produce the required form to fit over the hips; and the tops of Nos. 5 and 4 are such as to render the fit under the arm and upon the shoulder-blade both neat and easy--the centers of all the pieces, when combined, produciug a gradual and suitable contraction to fit the waist. The corset is fastened in front by metal clasps A A A, (con nected with the metal Springs in the usual manner,) and laced up the back, as seen at B. From the foregoing description it will be seen that corsets can be manufactured, accorcl ing to my invention, from cloth woven in the ordinary looms and manner, and yet afforded at a price as law if not lower than the im ported woven corset, while the quality of the former far exceeds the latter, aud the form is, if any thing, more perfect, since the reqnired fullness is thrown into the exact place re quired, thus obviating all straiuing or twist ing of one part to conform to the pressure or strain on another part. Rattan and whale- bone strips can be inserted in the usual man ner and in such numbers as may be desired. It will be further observed that uo small gores are required to be mserted in my corset, as is the case with the common corset, and hence the trouble and delay in sewing in and around the sharp points of snch gores are wholly ob viated. Having described my improved corset, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-- Forming the corset from the peculiarshaped pieces Nos. 1, 2, 3,,4, and 5, substantially as shown and described. LAVINIA. H. FOY. Witnesses: ALLIN THAYER, HELEN E. GREEN. |