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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4054344, member: 2844&quot;]Thank you. There is no arguing with popular myth.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is older than the Victorian period though. It is based on the Roman habit of reclining when seated. It became popular during the Classic Revival period, because so many things from classic antiquity were &#039;revived&#039;, albeit in a modified fashion.</p><p>As you can see from Juliette Recamiér&#039;s dress, ladies didn&#039;t wear tight corsets at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTwj96-rB5fbYm0Go6HXBveoeB3fJpcgHLwD0423LTaPZvxGDI%26s&amp;sp=1621254204Tec8f72d0e0a685d73e9999cec895c50316beb3c5f5410537a2f65aeb2dc7ecb6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here she is with a book in her hands in her library, not a fainting room:</p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Ff%2Ff8%2FJuliette_R%25C3%25A9camier_%25281777-1849%2529_C.jpg&amp;sp=1621254204T94d7e9451cd94d7a5629b706d1184d44e4a6f0396ba88cc4a81cb0a2a7a95a14" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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