"On the rare occasions where an item of clothing or adornment
was based on a real historical artifact, that artifact turned out
to be from a different time period; I noticed..."

Are you sure we're not related in some way? I actually got vocal
during "Bram Stoker's Dracula (& so did The Hubby (tm))" - I
actually rubbed off on him to extent that the bustle-negligee was
too egregious for even he to emain silent about it - but I digress....)