Woman's Corset

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Mrs. Henry F. Wireman (right), February 1948

Mrs. Henry F. Wireman (right), February 1948

Name/Title

Woman's Corset

Entry/Object ID

CW 806

Description

Corset. Woman's under corset; blue hand-woven wool; lined in blue and ecru check off-white linen; bone stays throughout. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1730 - circa 1740

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. Henry F. Wireman

Provenance

Notes

Date of corset from similar corset in Ward Maeder: An Elegant Art: Fashion and Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century, page 179. #128. The donor, Mrs. Henry F. Wireman (Katharine N. Richardson Wireman) served on the board of Germantown Historical Society. Image Source: Temple University Archives: http://digital.library.temple.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15037coll3/id/38673/rec/12) The donor: Mrs. Henry F. Wireman, is the former Katharine N Richardson.