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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
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