85.80.20

Images (4)

Seduction_07 Left to right 85.80.20, 74.72.46, 80.1.6 (corset, cover and petticoat), 2008.84.16 (boots case), P82.3.6 (white slip), 77.203.1 (slip), U.2235 (black girdle), 82.153.150 (peacock bra and slip), 89.20.62 (textile wall), 88.28.5, 98.77.3, 2008.86.1 (shoes case), 88.5.1 (blue costume), 2008.88.1 (leopard set)

Object: Corset

Retailer: Strouse, Adler Co. (American)

Date: 1900-1905

Medium: Black cotton sateen, pink satin, and black lace

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of The Strouse, Adler Company

Object number: 85.80.20

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 lacings

Label Text: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.

In Collection(s)

1900-1919
Lingerie

Exhibitions:

Femme Fatale: Fashion and Visual Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Paris
The Corset: Fashioning the Body
Seduction