Corset
ca. 1890 (made)
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Brown cotton twill corset with the bones covered with a darker cotton twill, black fabric covered busks and a trimming of black machine-made cotton lace. Lined with white cotton twill and the top and bottom are bound with reddish brown tape. The corset is made in two parts.
The front fastens with a busk and the backs are provided with metal eyelets for a lace. The corset is hip length, curving to a rounded point in the front and less deeply at the back. The bones are close-set and splayed out at the bust and hips, and at the tops are trimmed with fancy stitching in cream. There is a band of dark brown cording at the top, covering the breasts. At the waist there is a V-shaped band in darker brown stitching. The corset is machine-stitched. With metal fastenings.
The front fastens with a busk and the backs are provided with metal eyelets for a lace. The corset is hip length, curving to a rounded point in the front and less deeply at the back. The bones are close-set and splayed out at the bust and hips, and at the tops are trimmed with fancy stitching in cream. There is a band of dark brown cording at the top, covering the breasts. At the waist there is a V-shaped band in darker brown stitching. The corset is machine-stitched. With metal fastenings.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Cotton twill, machine-made cotton lace, lined with cotton twill, boned and metal |
Brief description | Brown cotton twill corset, possibly made in England or Germany, ca. 1890 |
Physical description | Brown cotton twill corset with the bones covered with a darker cotton twill, black fabric covered busks and a trimming of black machine-made cotton lace. Lined with white cotton twill and the top and bottom are bound with reddish brown tape. The corset is made in two parts. The front fastens with a busk and the backs are provided with metal eyelets for a lace. The corset is hip length, curving to a rounded point in the front and less deeply at the back. The bones are close-set and splayed out at the bust and hips, and at the tops are trimmed with fancy stitching in cream. There is a band of dark brown cording at the top, covering the breasts. At the waist there is a V-shaped band in darker brown stitching. The corset is machine-stitched. With metal fastenings. |
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Marks and inscriptions | '1927/46' (Inscribed in pencil, attached to the lining on the left side of the back on a red on white printed label.) |
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Credit line | Given by M. Yanovsky |
Object history | John Goodwin, a descendant of Myer Yanovksy, owns Yanovsky's naturalisation certificate, dated 6 June 1904. According to Goodwin, Yanovsky would have been 52. The document states that he was a Russian subject, having been born at Yanova in Koons. Goodwin believes Yanovsky arrived in London around 1880. According to Ancestry, Yanovsky was born in about 1849 and died in September 1920 aged 71. His registration district was Whitechapel |
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Accession number | T.90&A-1984 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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