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Bustle

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Full length bustle made of blue pin striped cotton. Narrow petticoat on drawstring opening in front, with add cage section in back with 11 hoops creating a narrow tubular form. A short drawstring section at the top in back seems to serve little purpose.

G2005.180

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1880 - 1885

bustle

full length

cotton

cage

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