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Corset
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand-stitched white cotton little girl’s corset with densely corded divisions and ivy pattern worked into the bust area. Busk channel with two eyelets at base. Bone eyelets in back. No marks.
G2001.084
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Undergarment
Historic Costume
Corset
Female
Cotton
White
1825 - 1840
User Age: Child Gender: Female
American
corset
girl
hand stitched
cotton
corded
ivy
busk
eyelets
bone