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Collections

Waist Binder1894

Not on view
Wide textile support belt with channeled black fabric body, brown leather edging, and silver buckles at each end, with flat black straps extending upward
Abdominal support belt with wide white quilted panel and black elastic straps, printed with 'Strozona Fielders Patent' text, medal illustrations, and award text reading 'Paris 1894.'
Close-up detail of a textile or garment showing radiating pleats in dark gray fabric with a subtle sheen, meeting a flat black woven panel at a diagonal seam, with a narrow gold-toned trim visible at upper right.
Cream fabric corset with brown twill binding and vertical stitched channels, interior label printed with 'STROZONA FIELDERS PATENT,' two medallion illustrations, a trade mark emblem, and text reading 'Awarded Four Gold Medals and Cross of Honour Paris 1894'
Title
Waist Binder
Place Made
England
Date Made
1894
Medium
Silk satin, quilted, cotton-twill belt and trim, and metal buckle
Dimensions
Overall: 35 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (89.535 x 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.648
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.