Single-piece busks were used in "stays" and bodices from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries and were intended to keep the front of the corset or bodice straight and upright. They …

Oct 3, 2017 · Some antique treen stay busks were carved and were given as a love token in England, similar to the Welsh Lovespoon in Wales. The decorated ones were inserted into …

Jul 18, 2020 · In the early modern period two objects of dress that shaped and reinforced gender norms were the busk, a long piece of wood, metal, whalebone or horn that was placed into a …

Nov 27, 2011 · This lovely carved piece of wood is a stay busk. Before 1830 corsets were called stays. They were an essential part of a woman's undergarments, forcing the body to the …

Aug 18, 2018 · A flat length stay piece that was inserted into the front of a corset to keep it stiff from the 16th century to the early 20th century.

Stay busks were used when women wore tightly laced stiffened stays (corsets). The stay busk was inserted down the centre front of the corset and insured that the wearer maintained a stiff …

Sep 10, 2018 · When worn inside stays, a busk’s stiffness inhibits slouching, as it prevents the spine from rounding. What a busk does provide a woman, however, is portrait-perfect posture …

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Jul 20, 2018 · The front center of our Regency stays has a wooden busk. This is roughly the size and shape of a common school ruler. The busk is designed to help the garment lay flat, as well …

Busk of carved wood, curved in two directions, with inscription on reverse, and date and carvings of hearts and other motifs on the rounded front. With a narrow lip at both ends, rounded at the …