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Anne Bissonnette
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Kent State University Museum 
Front Profile Back Flat

Circa 1700-1799
American colonial brown quilted cotton stays with center back lacing. Whalebone insets and lacing on the upper portion of the center front. Triangular tabs at hips and attached shoulder straps.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.1508

 
Front Back Detail

Circa 1700-1799
Metal corset with leather ties. Possibly a shop sign.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.6

 
Front Profile Back

Circa 1700-99
Tan linen stays with back lacing. Quilted and boned all over. No shoulder straps. Triangular tabs at hips.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.2481

 
Front Profile Back

Circa 1750-99
Stays with center front lacing made from rasberry colored silk brocade with floral motifs.
Quilted and boned all over except at hip pads and on some portions of the center back panel. Constructed with integrated shoulder portions joining at the front.
The Shannon Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1986.97.24

 
Front Profile Back Flat, Outer View Flat, Inner View

Circa 1785
Tan quilted linen stays with back lacing and leather and suede trim. Triangular tabs at hips. No shoulder straps. No boning.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.3

 
Busk Busk Detail

Circa 1783
Wooden busk carved with heart and designs based in a circle, initialled "RB" for Rebecca Browning of Newport, Rhode Island, carved with the numbers 1783.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.2

 
Front Profile Back Flat Whalebone Detail of inscription

Circa 1785
Brown quilted linen stays with back lacing and whalebone insets. Triangular tabs at hips. No shoulder straps.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.5

 
Front Profile

Circa 1780
Child's cotton stays with back lacing. Triangular tabs at hips. Quilted and boned.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.1

 
Front Lining Detail of Whalebone Poking Out of Inside Lining

Circa 1785
Tan quilted linen stomacker with whalebone insets.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.4

 

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