Bustle Pad
ca. 1885 (made)
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Bustle pad of dark brown glazed calico trimmed with dark brown silk cord. It consists of an almost square pad with rounded corners overlaid with a smaller one held in place by the silk cord.
It appears to be stuffed with straw. It fastens with a white waist tape.
It appears to be stuffed with straw. It fastens with a white waist tape.
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Materials and techniques | Glazed calico trimmed with silk cord and stuffed with what appears to be straw |
Brief description | Bustle pad of glazed calico, France, ca. 1885 |
Physical description | Bustle pad of dark brown glazed calico trimmed with dark brown silk cord. It consists of an almost square pad with rounded corners overlaid with a smaller one held in place by the silk cord. It appears to be stuffed with straw. It fastens with a white waist tape. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'AU LOUVRE PARIS' (Blue printed white paper stuck to the tape) |
Gallery label | Bought in Paris
This French rectangular bustle pad is stuffed with straw and would have provided a firm shelf-like support for the skirt and petticoats worn over it. This helped create the fashionable silhouette of the mid 1880s a period in which bustles briefly returned to favour.
Bustle pad
Au Louvre
France, Paris, about 1885
Glazed calico, stuffed with straw and trimmed with silk cord
V&A: T.377-1978(16/04/2016-12/03/2017) |
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Accession number | T.337-1978 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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