Digital Collections

Bustle

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Machine stitched bustle; cotton; 6 steel bands of graduated size form shape from waist to knee in back; side flaps with ties for front; tape ties tension hoops; removable ruffle at bottom attaches with white china or glass buttons; buttonholes around waistband; brass buckle in front.Marked “Fanny Horner

G86.120

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1880

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

bustle

cotton

machine stitched

graduated form

ties

detachable ruffle

buckle

Southern Tier

New York

United States of America

North America

Everyday

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