Bra
Original OwnerOriginally owned by a member of the
Hofer family
Clothing MakerMade by
Unknown
Dateabout 1915-1925
MediumMachine-stitched cotton, with machine-made lace, silk cord with non-ferrous metal tips, and non-ferrous metal hooks and eyes, ferrous metal keyhole eye, and unidentified boning material
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x circumference): 6 3/4 x 38 1/2in. (17.1 x 97.8cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Jane Eleanor Hofer Kettendorf
DescriptionWoman's brassiere made of vertical strips of twill-woven cream-colored cotton, alternating with strips of machine-made lace in a floral pattern. The shoulder straps are made of the twill tape. The center front opening edges are boned and covered in twill tape; it fastens with six hooks and eyes. There is also a center back opening which is boned and laced with a silk cord finished with metal tips; the cord is laced through loops of twill tape. Additionally, there is vertical boning set under twill tapes on each side of the back and the front; in front, the boning is only half the brassiere's width. A three-inch-long loop of the twill tape hangs from each side of the center back opening, and a five-inch-long tape with a metal keyhole-shaped eye for attaching the girdle, hangs from the proper right side of the center front opening.
Object number1994.59.71
MarkingsPrinted tape label stitched inside proper left side of back along lower edge, "De Bevoise / Brassiere / MADE IN U.S.A." Stamped in black ink inside proper right side of back along lower edge, "42 815".On View
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