#19th century corset
Corset
c.1890-1900
Silk, cotton, probably steel
Sykes, Josephine and Co., London, UK
© National Museums Scotland
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C. 1895
This busk front corset is typical of the beautifully designed styles of this period. Made from black lasting lined with white twill it features flexible corded hips and an intricate boning system involving forty two cane strips and four tempered steels down the back lacing. The corset is decorated with sky blue feather stitching. The cane boning allowed decorative stitching to be accomplished by the recently invented embroidery machine, and a skilled operative could safely pierce the cane strips without needle damage. The corset has a waist measurement of 22".
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Look no seams! This rare specimen is a woven corset. I pulled this from our vintage corset collection. It’s not made from stitched patten pieces as corsets normally are, it was woven as one piece of fabric on a loom with slots for the bones. I was inspired to revisit our vintage corset collection after reading a great article about woven corsets on the V&A blog @vamuseum #historicalunderwear #corsetry #V&A #periodcorsetsvintagecollection #corsetmaking #corsetresearch #19thcenturyfashion #1880 #frenchwovenstays #historicbeauty #costumedesign #research
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