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Corset
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand-stitched girl's corset made of fine linen lined with fine cotton; single bust gussets; hand-stitched eyelets between 2 corded rows along the back opening; shoulder straps; busk channel appears to have been sewn closed; does not appear to have been functional.
G2010.090
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Child, Female
Historic Costume
Corset
Female
Linen
Cotton
White
1815 - 1830
American