… like in the earlier decades, and as the decade progressed, many stays lost tabs entirely, but kept a little “tail” at the back to carry the lacing. Sometimes puffs of fabric were attached to the back of this type of stays to which a bustle pad or petticoat was attached way up high under the shoulder blades.
(Extant: Late 1790 German stays are high near the floating ribs and have tabs and puffs for holding things like petticoats above the natural waist)