flossing
Flossing is the embroidery used to keep the bones snug in their channels, and also to keep them from poking through a channel. A knockout example is this corset at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Ignore that the corset is upside down, it's still beautiful.
:( All the links to the MoFA are broken.
ReplyDeleteDang it. Thanks for letting me know. I'll see if I can track down the corset and update the link.
DeleteFound it! The link should be working now!
Deletehttp://www.mfa.org/collections/object/woman-s-corset-127657
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