This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
The corset window requires that the boxes should be ranged uniformly. Dressed in rows close to the glass, they look well ; but a more attractive display can be arranged by forming a center with a few pairs nicely puffed out with paper, and on stands, and dressing up behind with box goods. This window may form a triangle. An upright being fixed a distance back of the center, to which the rods from either side can be fastened, and boxes of stays built up against them. Corsets may be folded to show the fronts, and so placed over two rods, or in front of pillars to look very effective.
 
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