Corset Cover

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Corset, front

Name/Title

Corset Cover

Entry/Object ID

1966.72.13

Description

White cotton corset cover. It has short, puffed sleeves edged in lace. The center front has a lace-insert yoke. The hem reaches to the wearer's hips. It secures at the center front with a row of white plastic buttons.

Context

Worn by Lizzie Weeks at her marriage to Charles Goss in Brandon, Vermont, on September 27, 1882.

Acquisition

Accession

1966.72

Source or Donor

Rice, Genevieve Goss

Made/Created

Date made

1882

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Cover, Corset

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Underbodice

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Underwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Goss, Lizzie Maria Weeks (1857-1890)

Related Places

Place

Town

Brandon

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America