"Stays of cream silk taffeta lined with silk, and bound and laced with matching ribbon. Short waisted, with square tabs at the hips, a low square neck and shoulder straps which tie at the back. It is laced with matching ribbon down part of the front and there are stitched eyelet holes for a laced back fastening. At the hips are more eyelet holes, possibly for the attachment of hip pads. Bones on the centre front and back have been removed."@en . . . .