Object: Bustle
Date: c. 1880
Medium: Cotton and steel
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P83.29.1
DescriptionBustle covered with off white and brown polka dot fabric
Label Text:The bustle evolved from the crinoline during the late 1860s. It took many forms over the next twenty years, but all bustles were designed to emphasize the posterior. The more extreme bustle styles, such as those from the early 1880s, were often more elaborately structured. This example—a hybrid of a bustle and a petticoat—was sometimes referred to as a “crinolette.”
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Exposed: A History of Lingerie