The Historical Sew Monthly 2015 #1: men corset/ body belt

This year I've decided to participate in The Historical Sew Monthly 2015. You can read about it here: http://thedreamstress.com/the-historical-sew-monthly-2015/

And probably it's time to start blogging about my sewing experiments, historical and not only.

The challenge for January is Foundations: make something that is the foundation of a period outfit.

I decided to make men corset/ body belt for my husband for the first half of the 19^th century. I've found very few sources about this period men corsets, some of them very dubious, but there are two which seem rather true-to-fact to me:

http://brightonmuseum-regencyreproductions.blogspot.com/

http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/proddir/prod/496/13/

I used pattern from the second source: body belt from which belonged to Thomas John Chew (1825-1830), USS Constitution Museum Collection. Museum item:

This is the result:

The Challenge: men corset/ body belt

Fabric: 2 types of linen

Pattern: I made it myself according to images of the Thomas John Chew's body belt (1825-1830), USS Constitution Museum Collection.

Year: 1825-1830

Notions: cotton thread, about 11 meters of polyester cord for the cording of side parts (this amount was unexpectedly high to me), spiral steel boning (2 meters), boning tips (20 pcs), 3 buckles for fastening.

How historically accurate is it? It's machine-sewn. I believe that pattern and material are correct. Boning and cords are modern, buckles look very similar to me.

Hours to complete: 13

First worn: Not worn yet, only for making photos.

Total cost: About 22 USD.