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>>By about 1495, the hoops moved beneath the outermost skirt but the farthingale was still far from widespread.<< 
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Can't help picturing Carol Burnett in the huge hoop skirt (cage crinoline) which didn't give but flipped up like a sideways bell when she sat down.
I wonder how you do sit in them and still leave something to the imagination.
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As Parisian chair makers began adopting Tillard's designs, the frames of both caned and Louis XV bergère chairs were at times gilded or painted. Upholstered arms were moved back from the length of the seat so fashionable crinolines would not be crushed.
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Quote:
As Parisian chair makers began adopting Tillard's designs, the frames of both caned and Louis XV bergère chairs were at times gilded or painted. Upholstered arms were moved back from the length of the seat so fashionable crinolines would not be crushed.
*That* is fascinating!
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all I have to add is that being in the 'Azalea Trail' for several Springs, waaaaaaaaay back when, the cage is from HELL I tell you!! There's no decent way to sit and I think if I had been around in that time, I'd have been branded a heathen woman b/c I'd refuse to wear them everyday!! 
"I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries." Stephen King
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