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Corset Cover

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1915

GUSN

GUSN-835

Description

Knitted beige cotton; sleeveless; V-neck front; neck & armscye bound with scalloped silk embroidery; slits at side; slits and hem topstitched; waistband effect created by narrower guage stitch.

Details

Descriptive Terms

corset covers
cotton (textile)
embroidering
knitting (process)
Underbodice
Cover, Corset
Cover, Corset

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7210

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