Corset

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Corset

Entry/Object ID

G2001.084

Description

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.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Undergarment
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Corset

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1825 - 1840

Notes

User Age: Child Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

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