Corset
Brand
The M.A. Spencer Co.
c. 1898
Silk satin
Museum purchase
Object numberP91.69.1
Black corsets contrasted with the prevailing fashion for white styles during the nineteenth century. Widows often wore black corsets as part of their mourning costumes, but black was also a fashion color. Women were advised to wear dark underwear under any dress made from black fabric.
DescriptionBlack silk satin corset with topstitched in gold over cording and boning, and in lattice quilting on back panels; shaped bra cups, high back, shoulder straps; CF metal bar, loops and studs, CB lacingCollections
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