Corset
Retailer
Strouse, Adler Co.
(American)
1900-1905
Black cotton sateen, pink satin, and black lace
Gift of The Strouse, Adler Company
Object number85.80.20
This fashionable straight-front corset shapes the body into a voluptuous “S curve”—pushing the breasts forward, pressing in the stomach, and arching the back.
DescriptionBlack cotton sateen corset embroidered with delicate sprigs and trimmed with pink satin ribbon and black lace; strapless, boned waist cincher with pointed waist; two sections with CF metal bar, loops, studs, CB lacingsExhibitions