Costume History: 17th Century / 1600

"Hausse-cul: a French Vardingale or the kind of roll used by such women as weare no Vardingales," from a contemporary Dutch caricature, c. 1600, Dutch, 17th Century. Waugh, Norah. Corsets and Crinolines. NY: Theatre Arts Books, 1954. p. 31, pl. 9.