Corset
Category
Costume
Date
1750 - 1760
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349937
Summary
Corset - Made from pink silk tabby with moss green wool tabs and lined with linen. It is boned with whalebone with eyelet holes down the back and the front for a stomacher. There are eyelet holes round the armholes with small pieces of chamois leather and a ribbon threaded through for sleeves. Cf. Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in detail' pg.7 (female) (foundation garment)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade