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Corset Cover

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Corset cover of cotton dimity in light ribbed texture. Ribs going vertically down corset cover. Machined-lace insertion attached to trim neckline, armscyes, and inserted across bust where yoke attaches to cover body. Yoke are extends across upper chest, with vertical tucks or pleats. CF opening of small carved MOP buttons (4), with pink silk ribbon ties at neckline and across bottom edge. Gathering in CF panel beneath bust line indicates a date range of turn of the century - pigeon breast/monobosom.

2024.06.001

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Historic Costume

Corset Cover

Cotton

Cotton dimity

circa 1897 - circa 1910

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