Corset
Category
Costume
Date
1750 - 1800
Materials
Textile
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349940
Summary
Corset - Made from grey cotton warp/wool weft glazed cotton and lined with linen. It is heavily boned with side, front and back seams trimmed with decorative tape. There are pieces of chamois leather under the arm. The centre front has a division between two narrow busks. It is laced centre back with 14 eyelet holes. It has 5 hip tabs and the edges are trimmed with linen tape. There are 4 holes in top either side of the centre back and 2 holes punched in the top near the beginning of the underarm curve for a linen tape to act as a shoulder strap. (female) (foundation garment)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade