Bodice

Dateca. 1860

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Bodices

Dimensions64.77 × 38.1 cm (25 1/2 × 15 in.)

MarkingsNote attached, "Blouse for skirt – 1860/ Annie Hosmer Copps”.

Credit LineGift of Arthur Griffin

Object number2005.21

DescriptionFigured black bodice with heavy brown cotton lining. Machine and hand stitched. Short sleeves with edge of 3 ruffles. No collar. Sewn-in stays and bosom padding. 9 buttonholes and 9 covered buttons, some in good shape. Very little damage—some wear along bottom edge and at neck, possibly from pinning. Some wear at right underarm. Overall: 15 x 25”.

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