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To get into the spirit of Christmas I have chosen this very festive black and red corset.
Dating from 1900 and probably of German manufacture and boned with a combination of whalebone and flat steel. Made from black sateen and lined in white twill with casings and zone piece in red sateen. The decorative black flosswork is hand stitched.
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c1890. Busk front corset made from cotton twill lined in fawn coutil and interlined with hessian. This corset is a Symington speciality and is called ‘The Pretty Housemaid’ and is advertised as the strongest and cheapest corset ever made. The corset was made and directly marketed at women in service and was one of the top sellers of its day.
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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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1820s cotton corset
From the collection of Anton Priymak, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Corset of silk moire, trimmed with lace and embroidered with silk thread, 1854-1855.
From the collection of Anton Priymak, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Light blue silk corset with flossing, 1870-1885.
Accession number: 2013.616
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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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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Corset ca. 1893-97
From the exhibition “A Century of Style: Costume and Colour 1800-1899″ at Glasgow Museums
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