Corset cover
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
cotton cambric, tatted cotton lace, velvet ribbon, mother-of-pearl.
Measurements
410 x 660 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602867
Summary
A woman's corset cover made from white cotton cambric. The corset cover is decorated on the capped sleeves and across the wide neckline with white cotton tatted lace which a line of black velvet ribbon insertion and is otherwise undecorated. Internally, the cover is unlined and fastens with seven mother-of-pearl buttons centre front, intact.
Provenance
Gift of McDonald-Tyler
Marks and inscriptions
Inner waistband, centre back.: handwritten on inner seam, "McDonald-Tyler". See associated photograph for further details.