Corset
- Object Name:
- Corset
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.363
- Place of Origin:
- Bridgeport, CT
- Date:
- 1880-1890
- Description:
- Corset. Red silk satin. White linen lining. Laces up back. Hooks up front. Boning (probably steel). Steel closures. Original lacing. Labeled "Coraline No. 222, Warner Bros." Last patent 1881.
- Material:
- Textile
Metal
Steel - Provenance:
- Warner Brothers began producing corsets in upstate NY in 1874, then moved to Bridgeport, CT, in 1876.
Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951) and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
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