Corset

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Corset

Entry/Object ID

G2005.043

Description

Entirely hand-stitched corset made of white fine linen. Lined with jean. Neatly corded midsection, on the diagonal, worked in medium blue thread, lighter in some places. Double gores for fairly large bust, hip gores. Busk channel with opening inside; similar ones for bones at the opening edges. Bone eyelets. Straps attach at the front with tapes, probably not original. The waist between eyelets is 17” - seemingly an impossible size and it leaves a good 8” agape in the back on the smallest mannequins. The shoulders are wide by comparison.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Adult, Female
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Corset

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Linen

Lining

Jean

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1820 - 1830

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American