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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