Making an Early Victorian Corset + corset evolution over time

I'm back with more corset sewing - this time an early-Victorian 1840s/1850s style "drab" corset. Luckily I have almost all the supplies I need to make it already in my stash. This is an interesting time period for corsetry because it bridges the gap from the soft stays of the Regency period into the super curvy, heavily boned Victorian corsets of the late 19th century. I talk about the changes that occurred over that time from the decline of shoulder straps, the invention of metal grommets and the split busk, and how the shape of the corset evolved with fashion.

***REFERENCES***
My Corset videos playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJaibfB0Fck&list=PLJvVOokVyYh0fhNhmCAijdjjO-gLfOSs6
Black Snail corset pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/990673442/1840s-to-60s-underwear-late-romantic
Corsets and Crinolines book: https://www.amazon.com/Corsets-Crinolines-Norah-Waugh/dp/1138665665/ref=asc_df_1138665665/

***IMAGE CREDITS***
Early 18th-century stays: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157987
18th Century stays with straps: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/90454
Stays 3rd quarter of the 18th century: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/90458
Spanish gold 18th century stays: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/90398

Regency short stays illustration: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regency-underclothes.png
1790s stays: https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2048213/europeana_fashion_http___collections_vam_ac_uk_item_O138889

Corset c. 1811: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86424
Corset 1790-1810 (tie-on straps): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/136344
Corset 1833 (sewn on straps): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86410
1829 Opera dresses: https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/items/show/2995
1840s Corset with straps: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82063
1890 corset with straps: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158015

Drab color corsets, Sears & Roebuck catalog, 1897, p. 325: https://www.google.com/books/edition/1897_Sears_Roebuck_Co_Catalogue/_gdrCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

Fig Leaf bone eyelets: https://figleafpatterns.com/product.html

Early 18th-century stays: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157987
Le Corset, Adolphe Mouilleron, after Emile Beranger, c. 1852 - c. 1853: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-2009-4117

Corset 1841: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82069
1876 burgundy corset: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158007

Corset c. 1811: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86424
1811 Fashion Plate from Ackerman's Repository: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?q=fashion+plate&f=1&p=3&ps=12&f.dating.period=19&imgonly=True&st=Objects&ii=2#/RP-P-2009-2602,26
Fashion Plate 1866 https://sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/items/show/1052
Wedding Corset 1865-67: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/173678
1871 De Gracieuse: https://geheugen.delpher.nl/nl/geheugen/view/gracieuse-ge-llustreerde-aglaja-aflevering-pagina?query=Gracieuse&page=6&maxperpage=36&coll=ngvn&identifier=GMDH01%3A200002484

Carved wooden busk: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/85362
Split busk illustration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busk

1850 corset Fashion plate: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-2009-3305

1837 Corset illustrations:
http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ihd/periodical/pageview/1911839
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/2895403--auris-lothol/stays-corsets/objecten#/RP-P-2009-3182,3
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