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Farthingale

Farthingale.png Henry IV or early Stuart  - 1600 - 1615ThumbnailsCollar and Bodice types. Period Charles IHenry IV or early Stuart  - 1600 - 1615ThumbnailsCollar and Bodice types. Period Charles IHenry IV or early Stuart  - 1600 - 1615ThumbnailsCollar and Bodice types. Period Charles IHenry IV or early Stuart  - 1600 - 1615ThumbnailsCollar and Bodice types. Period Charles IHenry IV or early Stuart  - 1600 - 1615ThumbnailsCollar and Bodice types. Period Charles IHenry IV or early Stuart  - 1600 - 1615ThumbnailsCollar and Bodice types. Period Charles IHenry IV or early Stuart  - 1600 - 1615ThumbnailsCollar and Bodice types. Period Charles I

Farthingale, or Fardingale, an article of ladies' attire worn in the days of Queen Elizabeth (I), and closely resembling the more recent crinoline. It was formed of circles of whalebone hoops, and protruded more at the waist than the Victorian crinoline.