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Corset
Object/Artifact
1. Corset, entirely hand stitched white cotton sateen, lined with white plain weave cotton. Stitched with silk, now yellow, probably once white. High waistline suggested by band of floral vine embroidery crossed by center front busk channel, 21” across. No bust gores, upper portions decorated with flowers on leafy stems. Initials CR in script on either side of channel. No hip gores. Corded edges of back opening which has brass eyelets in staggered arrangement. Edges bound with white cotton twill tape. 2. Busk, slightly arched, made of simple strip of fine-grain wood, smoothed but unfinished."
G2005.107.1-2
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1822 - 1835
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
American
corset
female
woman
cotton sateen
sateen
cotton
plain weave cotton
silk
floral
vine
embroidery
embroidered
flowers
corded
brass eyelets
brass
eyelets
busk
wood busk
wood