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Corset Rendered by Rex F. Bush (artist), 1935/1942 watercolor and graphite on paperboard overall: 51.2 x 38 cm (20 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.) Index of American Design 1943.8.1223 |
Object 8 of 26
The effect of the loosely structured neoclassical style depended upon a foundation garment that pushed the bosom upward. The corset pictured here is made of heavy cotton sateen. The use of straps indicates it was made in the early part of the nineteenth century, about 1815, since straps were no longer used on corsets after the 1840s.
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