Crinoline Parody

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“A Splendid Spread”, satire on an early inflatable (air tube) version of the crinoline by George Cruikshank, from The Comic Almanack, 1850. (Crinolines did not actually come into wide use until a few years later.) Note that the gentlemen have to use long-handled trays (“baker’s peels”) if the ladies are to be able to eat or drink.

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Crinoline Parody is available in the public domain via Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported .

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