Amongst the fetish attire that Guyette photos show their models wearing is corsets, several styles of which were used.

An Irving Klaw reprint of a Charles Guyette photo. The distinctive corset was later used in Irving Klaw photo shoots of Bettie Page. See Charles Guyette: Godfather of American Fetish Art by Richard Perez Seves for more about this special corset. The corset is either an Yva Richard of France original or imitation made in the United States.

Charles Guyette corset photo with two models. The model on the left is wearing a distinctive corset and is the same model as in the Klaw reprint. This photograph is from Guyette: Vol. 1 Boots and Heels by Vasta, a slim color volume worth tracking down.

A Charles Guyette photograph showing the dressed model who appeared in a corset in the previous two photographs. This photograph was taken in the studio which has the distinctive flooring pattern.

A Charles Guyette corset photograph of a woman with a tiny waist. This is an original print that I purchased almost 20 years ago. The print has been trimmed and is now 3 by 5 3/8 inches (7.7 x 13.6 cm). The photograph was taken in one of the residential settings used by Guyette.

This is an Irving Klaw reprint of a Charles Guyette photograph. The same model facing the camera and setting are shown in the preceding photo. The print size is 3 3/8 by 5 inches (9.2 x 12.2 cm). The image on the print is about 90% the size of the above original Guyette print.

Original Charles Guyette photographs have toned prints while later Irving Klaw reprints tend to be black and white with little or no toning. The toned prints are better at suggesting color but to get a better idea of the world Guyette’s photographs were taken in, the flooring in the studio photographs has a distinctive pattern.

It’s a Congoleum Priscilla pattern “rug.” Congoleum/lineoleum rugs were so called because they were meant to act as if they were rugs, covering only a portion of a floor. These rugs were popular before the second world war. They were meant to serve the same function in a room as a conventional rug, but easier to clean. This page showing the Priscilla pattern is from a 1936 catalog but the pattern probably dates from the 1920s or earlier. Around 1930 patterns shifted from a grid diagonal to the border to a grid parallel to the border.

An Irving Klaw reprint of an early Charles Guyette photograph taken in the studio. The photo shows the elements of the painted backdrop with pastoral imagery. Later studio photographs have a painted backdrop with architectural elements. The Klaw print is slightly larger than the 4 x 5 inch size he normally used — 11 x 12.9 cm.