60 Years of Stays: Trying on All My 18th Century Stays, 1740-1800

Because I usually research and portray mainly French and Anglo/American personas in this period, my stays are all in that vein. However, there are lots of regional differences in stays, in places where they were worn. This video also does not try to be a comprehensive video about the history of stays, but if you have any questions, let me know in the comments.

Want to learn more about the stays mentioned in this video? Here is all the relevant information!

Green wool stays:
1 - https://graciesews.wordpress.com/2018/11/12/hand-sewn-stays-from-costume-close-up-why/
2 - https://graciesews.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/hand-sewn-stays-from-costume-close-up-an-update/
3 - https://graciesews.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/hand-sewn-stays-from-costume-close-up-complete-worn-loved/

Pink wool stays (videos!):
1 - https://youtu.be/h5h5MobaylI
2 - https://youtu.be/vcE5nNiscMc

Red wool stays: there's no blog post or video about these stays, but there are lots of construction photos on my Instagram. The pattern I used can be viewed here: https://www.scrooppatterns.com/products/augusta-stays-1775-1789

White linen stays:
https://graciesews.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/a-new-era-1790s-stays-and-petticoat/

Image credits (in order of appearance, and left to right when two images appear at once):
1. Paul Sandby, A Lady Carrying a Kettle, c. 1755-1770, chalk and watercolor, Royal Collection Trust, https://www.rct.uk/collection/914389/a-lady-carrying-a-kettle.
2. Paul Sandby, A Lady Reading, c. 1760-1770, pen and ink and watercolor, Royal Collection Trust, https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/175/collection/914427/a-girl-reading.
3. Henry Robert Morland, A Lady's Maid Soaping Linen, c. 1765-1782, oil on canvas, Tate Museum, London, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/morland-a-ladys-maid-soaping-linen-n01402.
4. John Singleton Copley, Dorothy Quincy (Mrs. John Hancock), 1772, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, https://collections.mfa.org/objects/34208.
5. P. LeClerc and P. LeBeau, Cuisiniere nouvellement arrivée de Province…, 1778, hand-colored engraving on laid paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, https://collections.mfa.org/objects/312585.
6. Flack & Lea Stay Makers, 1785, paper, British Museum, London, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_D-2-3745.
7. F.L.J. Watteau and N. Dupin, La Virtuose sensible en robe à l'Anglaise…, 1784, hand-colored engraving on laid paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, https://collections.mfa.org/objects/352895.
8. Published by P. de la Mésangère, Bonnet Toquet…, 1799, engraving on paper, Rijksmusuem, Amsterdam, https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-2009-1373.

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