Corset Cover
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Corset cover of cotton dimity in light ribbed texture. Ribs going vertically down corset cover. Machined-lace insertion attached to trim neckline, armscyes, and inserted across bust where yoke attaches to cover body. Yoke are extends across upper chest, with vertical tucks or pleats. CF opening of small carved MOP buttons (4), with pink silk ribbon ties at neckline and across bottom edge. Gathering in CF panel beneath bust line indicates a date range of turn of the century - pigeon breast/monobosom.
2024.06.001
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Historic Costume
Corset Cover
Cotton
Cotton dimity
circa 1897 - circa 1910