In the eighteenth century, a decorative piece for the center front of a woman's bodice. Did not always "match" the dress (and was not always intended to).
"Her hands passing slowly over her trinketed stomacher.'Joyce, Ulysses, 15
In the eighteenth century, a decorative piece for the center front of a woman's bodice. Did not always "match" the dress (and was not always intended to).
"Her hands passing slowly over her trinketed stomacher.'
Joyce, Ulysses, 15