Corset
Category
Costume
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Linen
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1348926
Summary
Corset; Foundation garments - Natural jean - 2 x 1 twill. Bound with twill linen tape. Lined with tabby linen. Constructed with some narrow whalebones and 2 x 0.625 (16mm) steel bones side front. 5 hip tabs. Fastened with shoulder ties (1 missing) 10 pairs of eyelets for lacing. I shoulder tie and centre side front and side back seams covered with narrow decorative tape. 36 inch (915 mm) bust.
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshil Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade