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English: Examples of pre-19th century hoopskirts. The images are: Upper left: The so-called 'Snake Goddess', as discovered and restored by Arthur Evans. 1600 BCE. Details (and even the whole object) could

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Download this stock image: . English: Examples of pre-19th century hoopskirts. The images are: Upper left: The so-called 'Snake Goddess', as discovered and restored by Arthur Evans. 1600 BCE. Details (and even the whole object) could be a fake. Minoan. Often theorised that hoops were required to support the skirts, but this is usually dismissed by scholars. Upper right: Verdugada, 1470-80, as seen in the Retable of St. John the Baptist - detail of Salome and ladies wearing early verdugados (farthingales) or hoop skirts. Painted by Pedro García de Benabarre Lower left: Farthingale, c.1600, as seen in the Portrait of a La - P2E4C6 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.
. English: Examples of pre-19th century hoopskirts. The images are: Upper left: The so-called 'Snake Goddess', as discovered and restored by Arthur Evans. 1600 BCE. Details (and even the whole object) could be a fake. Minoan. Often theorised that hoops were required to support the skirts, but this is usually dismissed by scholars. Upper right: Verdugada, 1470-80, as seen in the Retable of St. John the Baptist - detail of Salome and ladies wearing early verdugados (farthingales) or hoop skirts. Painted by Pedro García de Benabarre Lower left: Farthingale, c.1600, as seen in the Portrait of a La