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Canvas corset, of five panels, plain front, outspread stitchery to back shoulder area for strength; bone grommets/laceholes; slot for bustle at bottom.
corsets
bone (material)
canvas
cotton (textile)
sewing (process)
Garment, Foundation
Corset
Corset
Pinned to the back is a NFL jelly label which reads: ""Corset/From/Conn.""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
18 x 24 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.423
Connecticut (United States)
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