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   Twinkly lights said, about 21 hours ago

   Its surprising that such a comfortable and practical item as a farthingale ever went out of fashion…
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   Number Six said, about 20 hours ago

   It would have been the billiard table but she didn’t have the balls.
3. 

   Linux0s said, about 20 hours ago

   But are the patrons still… oh, nevermind.
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   bluskies said, about 20 hours ago

   Lousy stinkin’ hippie.
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   Mark Shanks said, about 19 hours ago

   The enigmatic smile is explained by the midget under the dress…and her wide stance.
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   orinoco womble said, about 19 hours ago

   English hoopskirts were round, but you know what they say…Spain is Different!!
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   Dogsniff said, about 17 hours ago

   That’s Bill Clinton’s oval office under there.
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   Dogsniff said, about 17 hours ago

   @Number Six: Back of the head!
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   Number Six said, about 16 hours ago

   @Dogsniff

   When I saw today’s pic, I was very nearly snookered.
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    emjaycee said, about 14 hours ago

    @orinoco womble

    Eventually, they became more oval rather than round throughout the continent: according to one of my theatre costuming textbooks, one was measured at 18 feet wide, but most were around 6 to 7 feet. Unlike the full round hoop skirt, these were more collapsible so women could actually make it through a doorway. Disney’s Cinderella and her step-sisters wear paniers/panniers (from the French for ‘basket’ or ‘saddle bags’), steel cages set on each hip.

    But yeah, this caption is funny. All she needs is a hat with an umbrella, and she could be a piece of patio furniture.
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    jmcx4 said, about 14 hours ago

    Thanks to the invention of plastic bags, dresses are much smaller now.
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    mabrndt said, about 14 hours ago

    Same-size-as-clicking-here image can be found here, or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.
    
    Portrait of Mrs. Inés de Zúñiga y Velasco, Countess of Monterrey (link shows Google translated Spanish Wikipedia page) is described (Google translated) by its current-location page.
    
    A different coloration, click-to-humongous image, along with a shorter description, can be found at its Google Art Project page. The artist’s Wikipedia page (Google translated Spanish Wikipedia page has more) and collection (more under Subcategories).
    
    Second, of the at least 6 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
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    finale said, about 14 hours ago

    Hourglass waist there, girlie…..more on the Alice in Wonderland style.
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    Puddlesplatt said, about 13 hours ago

    built in Powder room, with all the fixins.
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    MrsSnape said, about 13 hours ago

    Looks like she might be smuggling out the pasta and omelet stations as well.
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