Corset

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Corset

Entry/Object ID

G2010.090

Description

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.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Child, Female
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Corset

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Linen

Lining

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1815 - 1830

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American