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Reference code
2020.108.1
Title
Corset
Date(s)
- undated [1940-1960] (Creation)
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4 (two parts to the corset, two laces)
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Corset with metal boning made of heavy peach pink cotton damask with an all over woven pattern of tulips. It is in two parts and fastens down the centre front with six metal studs and clips, two hooks and eyes at the top and four large hooks and eyes at the bottom. The back laces up with 35 pairs of eyelets and two long pink cotton laces. There are two sets of metal eyes sewn to the inside fronts and two metal buckles to the outside lower parts of the corset for the jock strap (2022.108.2) to attach. It has two pairs of suspender clips attached to the bottom edge, these have been altered and hand stitched to a fixed length.
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Materials: cotton, metal, elastic
Condition: Fair. Distortion to some of the metal bones, corrosion to some of the metal clips, deterioration to the elastic with loss of elasticity and stretch, areas of wear, abrasion and staining.
Condition: Fair. Distortion to some of the metal bones, corrosion to some of the metal clips, deterioration to the elastic with loss of elasticity and stretch, areas of wear, abrasion and staining.