Hoop, Skirt

Name/Title

Hoop, Skirt

Entry/Object ID

G98.051ab

Description

Bustle made of cotton tapes, spring steel.a) Hoop has barrel shape; 10 hoops, 5 tapes. Waist stamped “No. 18.” Open in front. Silver colored stamped buckle with dated in relief: “Patented July 2d 1867” [or 87?]b) Bustle has flat, shelf-like form with 3 hoops, similar strapping and buckle stamped the same.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1880

Notes

User Age: Child Gender: Female

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

Bustle, Hoop, Child, Girl, Spring Steel, Barrel Shape, No. 18, 1867