Corset
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Lucy Fiddis Griffith
American, 1878 - 1965
Clothing MakerMade by
Royal Worcester
Dateabout 1892
MediumMachine-stitched silk, with silk tapes, machine-made cotton lace, steel boning and hooks, and baleen boning
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (center front length x width): 14 1/4 x 21 3/4in. (36.2 x 55.2cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Adelaide Clark
DescriptionWoman's corset of cream-colored silk. The corset laces up the center back, while the front fastens with short, steel pegs fitted in keyhole eyes. The individual pieces of boning are covered with cream-colored satin. The waistline is defined with a horizontal strip of satin stitched underneath the boning; this strip is split and splayed toward the center front edges. The top edge of the corset is decorated with a ruffle of lace with a silk ribbon run through the center and tied in a loopy bow on the proper right side of the front opening. Both the top and bottom edges are bound with the cream-colored satin. The silk tape which is laced through the metal grommets of the center back opening has metal tips.
Object number1964.76.3
MarkingsPrinted tape label stitched across inside waistline: on the proper right side, "WCC / 608 Pongee. / TRADE MARK / MEDIUM LENGTH / WARRANTEED / GENUINE / WHALEBONE". On the left side, "Royal Worcester".NotesHistorical Notes: Family history states that Lucy Fiddis Griffith (1878-1965) married Charles Johnson Clark on 30 November 1892 in Owego, New York, but other records indicate a date of 1895.On View
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