#1804    Corset 
  c. 1910

United States


Materials:
Cotton woven in herringbone pattern, steel stays and fastenings, elastic and embroidered lace trim.

Label: Stamped in purple inside, "Wove-Cone", "Style 861" and "26".

Condition: Perfect, never worn. 

Measurements: Waist, 30.5"; Front L, 15.25"; Back L, 18.25".

Comments: This long over the hip, no longer tight-laced, corset styling gave a woman the fluid figure that was so fashionable in the 1910s.