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Corset

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-11073

Description

Cotton corset, small, of double-ply fine cotton with delicate lace trim at neck and shoulders, thick channeled seams, bone rivets and laceholes; natural color

Details

Descriptive Terms

corsets
bone (material)
cotton (textile)
lace (needlework)
Garment, Foundation
Corset
Corset

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 x 26 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.422

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