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Woman's Corset (Stays)1730s-1740s

Not on view
Robin's-egg blue structured textile bodice or stays, displayed flat and open, with vertical lacing cords, boning channels, pointed lower tabs, and metal eyelets along side edges
Title
Woman's Corset (Stays)
Place Made
England
Date Made
1730s-1740s
Medium
Silk moire, silk cording and ribbons, linen lining
Dimensions
Center back length: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.57.24.1
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.