people, women, pregnancy, pregnant woman with strap relieving her belly, woodcut, by Jost Amman (1539 - 1591), from De Conceptu et Generatione Hominis, by Jakob Rueff (um 1500 - 1558), Switzerland, 1554, private collection Stock Photo - Alamy
A pregnancy corset from 1900 is shown before the official start of the exhibition 'Body Talks - 100 years of bras' in the museum for communication in Nuernberg, Germany, 25 February 2015.
Katherine Sewing on Instagram: We all know corsets are just . . . historical, outdated symbols of female subjegation and unhealthy beauty standards, right? Actually, no. I am a historical corset maker
LACING STAYS - We used this reconstruction of a pair of c.1665-1675 pregnancy stays and stomacher (in the Verney Collection, Claydon House) to