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Early nineteenth century silk embroidered bodice.
Bodice or corset altered from an eighteenth century original, possibly Italian. Embroidered silk damask exterior with linen lining. Center front and center back lacing.
The Allen Art Memorial Museum Collection
Oberlin College
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Georges E. Seligman, 1957
KSUM L1985.17.1030AB

White cotton corset from circa 1820.
T rapunto needle work forming a series of three straight tunels with two curvilinear tunels in between. Constructed with two triangular insets per breast and two per hip. Laced at center back. The inscription "E.A. Pillsbury" is found on the underarm. Extremely small, probably a child's.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.7

White cotton corset from circa 1820.
Constructed with one triangular inset per breast and one per hip. Laced at center back.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.8

White cotton corset from circa 1820.
Constructed with two triangular insets per breast and two per hip. Laced at center back with round bone rings. Has three embroidered red marks at front right side.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.1.1509

White quilted cotton corsetfrom circa 1832.
Trapunto needle work forming floral motifs at the hip level and diverse diagonal tunels all over. Constructed with two triangular insets per breast. Wooden busk at the center front and lacing at center back.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.9ab

Miniature white cotton corset (eight inches high) from circa 1840.
Constructed with two triangular insets per breast. Laced at center back.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.10

White cotton corset from circa 1844.
Ttrapunto needle work forming curviliniar motifs which follow the princess seams, side seams, and center back openings. The trapunto suggests a triangular inset at the breast but the volume is constructed with the princess seam. Laced at center back.
The Allen Art Memorial Museum Collection
Oberlin College
Gift of Majorie Milliken Johnson, 1956
KSUM L1995.17.1349

American corselette from circa 1860-69.
Black silk taffetas with black lace at upper hem and bead trim at center front.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Janet Bates Britton in Memory of her mother Katherine Lynch Bates
KSUM 1985.4.8

American black silk bodice from cCirca 1860s.
with center front lacing and ruching at the neck and upper hem. Ends in long boned inverted triangles in both front and back. Constructed with several breast darts on the front panels.

Gift of Janet Bates Britton in Memory of her mother Katherine Lynch Bates

KSUM 1985.4.7

American corset from 1878.
Ivory colored cotton sateen corset with laced back and center front hook mechanism. Bone insets and lace trim at upper edge.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.13

American white cotton corset with metal stays from 1879.
Pleated triangular panels for the breasts. A serie of two narrow cotton straps attach these panels to the back. Buttonned at center-front with back lacing.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.14

"Equipoise" corset from circa 1882.
American white cotton corset with buttoned center front and back lacing. A white cotton panel is attached under the back laces. A set of two buttons can be found on the center front and center back princess seams, and at the side seams.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.15

American blue silk miniature corset with ivory lace on upper edge from circa 1887.
Front hook mecanism and center back lacing. Ten inch high in lenght.
Made for Lavinia Warren, Tom Thumb's wife.
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
Warnaco Archives
KSUM 1983.3.19

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