corset
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1894-1910
- Event --
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer D. & A.
- Object Number A-1744
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec
- Category Personal artifacts
- Sub-category Clothing, underwear
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1894/01/01
- Latest 1910/12/31
- Inscription (inside/à l'intérieur) D. & A./Kid Fitting/Straight Front/U.S. Patent Sept. 20th, 1898/Canada Patent Dec. 31st, l898/Made in Canada
- Materials Cotton, Metal
- Measurements Height 30.5 cm, Width 62.2 cm, Thickness 9.2 cm
- Caption Comments on this corset
- Additional Information A short, waist-length corset made of heavy white cotton with lace edging at top. Heavily boned, and laced up back and fastened in front with metal hooks and eyes. There are frilled lace edges on the base; inside corset is black. Note the lateral boning employed to create a small waist.