TWO SHORT COTTON CORSETS, c. 1865

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  • Lot: 30
  • November 2009 Museum Fashion & Textile Sale
  • New York City
Both w/ 3 brass closures on front busks, brass eyelets in back, wide spaced bones (probably baleen), defined waist seam, curved busks, short top & bottom sections: 1 tan coutil w/ cocoa brown lining, straight bottom hemline, B 32+", W 21+", CFL 11.25", (several large stains, 1" tear above left hip) fair; 1 pale honey color coutil outside & in, deep U-shape at CF & CB bottom, hemline cut high over hip, B 31+", W 22+", CFL 12.25", (1 large stain on right breast area) good. 1860s corsets extremely rare. BM

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  • Price Realized: $ 840
  • Category: Womens
  • Era: 1850-1890
  • Condition: Very Good

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