Corset
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand-stitched corset made of white fine linen. Lined with jean. Neatly corded midsection, on the diagonal, worked in medium blue thread, lighter in some places. Double gores for fairly large bust, hip gores. Busk channel with opening inside; similar ones for bones at the opening edges. Bone eyelets. Straps attach at the front with tapes, probably not original. The waist between eyelets is 17” - seemingly an impossible size and it leaves a good 8” agape in the back on the smallest mannequins. The shoulders are wide by comparison.
G2005.043
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Corset
Female
Linen
Jean
White
1820 - 1830
American