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Corset

ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Corset of blue cotton twill with the bones covered in green sateen ribbon, feather stitched at the bottom and the top is trimmed with a band of machine-made lace through which is inserted two narrow bands of green satin ribbon. The corset is made in two halves joined at the centre back with a white tape lacing through brass metal eyelets and at the centre front with five sets of white metal studs and loops, and on each of the latter is stamped 'S. & S'. The corset reaches from the mid bust to mid hip and is steam shaped at the hips. It has two wide bones at each side, and strong metal at the back flanked by a triple row of more flexible bones. The front bust is strongly boned and five narrow bones slope from the side to the centre front. Inside the corset is a waistband on which is stamped in blue cursive writing on the right hand side with 'NOUVELLE FORM DROIT DEVANT' and on the left side with 'THE S & S CORSET REGISTERED made in Belgium' and a figure of the statue of liberty '23' is written in pencil inside the right centre back. The corset does give a 'straight fronted' outline.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton twill, boned, sateen, satin ribbon, machine-made lace, brass
Brief description
Corset of cotton twill and satin, made by S & S Corsets, Belgium, ca. 1905
Physical description
Corset of blue cotton twill with the bones covered in green sateen ribbon, feather stitched at the bottom and the top is trimmed with a band of machine-made lace through which is inserted two narrow bands of green satin ribbon. The corset is made in two halves joined at the centre back with a white tape lacing through brass metal eyelets and at the centre front with five sets of white metal studs and loops, and on each of the latter is stamped 'S. & S'. The corset reaches from the mid bust to mid hip and is steam shaped at the hips. It has two wide bones at each side, and strong metal at the back flanked by a triple row of more flexible bones. The front bust is strongly boned and five narrow bones slope from the side to the centre front. Inside the corset is a waistband on which is stamped in blue cursive writing on the right hand side with 'NOUVELLE FORM DROIT DEVANT' and on the left side with 'THE S & S CORSET REGISTERED made in Belgium' and a figure of the statue of liberty '23' is written in pencil inside the right centre back. The corset does give a 'straight fronted' outline.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'S. & S' (Stamped on metal loops)
  • 'NOUVELLE FORM DROIT DEVANT' (Stamped inside the waistband in blue cursive writing on the right hand side)
  • 'THE S & S CORSET REGISTERED made in Belgium' (Stamped inside the waistband in blue cursive writing on the left hand side)
  • '23' (Written in pencil inside the right centre back)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss E. J. Bowden
Collection
Accession number
T.228-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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