Pair of stays
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Like "a pair of trousers", a pair of stays can been sewing together to a whole.
A lady's stays have many embroidery.
The difference between a corset and a pair of stays is generally:
| Corset | Pair of stays |
| Rare shoulder strap | Always shoulder strap |
| Always many bones. Often eight or more. | The classic pair of stays have only two bones (stays), (but one bone and many small bones is known.) |
| generally invisible undergarments | generally visible. |
| The classic corset has got a back lace-slit, by double lace-string. Alternative a front lace by double lace-string. | The classic pair of stays have two lace-slits, one back and one in the front, each by one lace-string. But many variations is known |
| After c. 1850, note: Overlap c. 1850-1871 | Before c. 1871 |
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A lady's stays by many embroidery. -
A ordinary woman in a pair of stays of stiff leather.
