Corset Cover
1875-1899 (made)
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Corset cover of white muslin trimmed with Valenciennes bobbin lace. Low-necked, sleeveless and with a fastening down the back with nine linen buttons and buttonholes. Trimmed at the front and back with inset borders of Valenciennes lace in a floral pattern. The sleeves, neck and hem are finished with a narrow border of lace. At the front of the neck is threaded a pale blue ribbon tied in a bow. Set into the muslin panels at the front of the cover are twelve flower-sprigs in bobbin lace and below them is embroidered a monogram in white thread in satin stitch under a bow of ribbon.
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Materials and techniques | Muslin trimmed with bobbin lace |
Brief description | Corset cover of muslin trimmed with Valenciennes bobbin lace, possibly made in France or England, 1875-1899 |
Physical description | Corset cover of white muslin trimmed with Valenciennes bobbin lace. Low-necked, sleeveless and with a fastening down the back with nine linen buttons and buttonholes. Trimmed at the front and back with inset borders of Valenciennes lace in a floral pattern. The sleeves, neck and hem are finished with a narrow border of lace. At the front of the neck is threaded a pale blue ribbon tied in a bow. Set into the muslin panels at the front of the cover are twelve flower-sprigs in bobbin lace and below them is embroidered a monogram in white thread in satin stitch under a bow of ribbon. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'MEB' [monogram] (Embroidered in white thread in satin stitch below a bow in the front, for Mary Ethel Burns, the donor) |
Credit line | Given from the collection of Mary, Viscountess Harcourt GBE |
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Accession number | T.33-1965 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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