Which bones were used in the manufacture of the farthingale which were worn under ladies dresses
Farthingale Farthingale A farthingale is one of several structures used under Western European women's clothing in the 16th and 17th centuries to support the skirts in the desired shape. It originated in Spain. The Spanish "verdugado", from which "farthingale" derives, was a hoop skirt originally stiffened with the subtropical Giant Cane; later designs in the temperate climate zone were stiffened with osiers (willow withies), rope, or (from about 1580) whalebone. The name "verdugado" comes from the Spanish "verdugo", ("green wood", or the more modern meaning of "executioner"). The earliest sources indicate that Joan of Portugal started to use verdugados with hoops
Farthingale been worn at an angle ("low before and high behind") which visually elongated the wearer's torso while shortening her legs. Modern costumers conjecture that it probably consisted of one or more large hoops with horizontal stiffeners which radiated from around the waist in order to produce a flat platter-like shape when supported underneath by the "bumroll" or "French farthingale" described above. The great farthingale remained in fashion into the first few decades of the 17th century, mostly for court functions, after which the fashion died out. Farthingale A farthingale is one of several structures used under Western European women's clothing