Small Bustle of Striped Covered Coils
Brief Item Record
Title: Small Bustle of Striped Covered Coils
Date: 1880 (circa)
Description: small bustle cage; cream cotton bias tape, wide plain weave cotton-possibly stiffened or treated, plain weave striped tan cotton with diagonal stripes, oatmeal cotton lace, wire coils, metal fasteners narrow bustle with 3 wire coils, 3 padded loafs; lace on edges and bottom of padded sections; fabric encasing each coil and stitched together in between each; fabric fastened to coils at bottom with metal fasteners; fabrics hangs 2.5 inches below coils; coils hung from waistband on a few inches of fabric with padded loafs covering these inches
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2001213
Title
Small Bustle of Striped Covered Coils
Description
small bustle cage; cream cotton bias tape, wide plain weave cotton-possibly stiffened or treated, plain weave striped tan cotton with diagonal stripes, oatmeal cotton lace, wire coils, metal fasteners narrow bustle with 3 wire coils, 3 padded loafs; lace on edges and bottom of padded sections; fabric encasing each coil and stitched together in between each; fabric fastened to coils at bottom with metal fasteners; fabrics hangs 2.5 inches below coils; coils hung from waistband on a few inches of fabric with padded loafs covering these inches
Date
1880 (circa)
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
other measurements: waistband to bottom of coil- 9.25; waistband to top of coil-4 ; width- 5.5; depth of coils- 4
Type
Physical Object
Rights
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Rights Holder
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Costume Item Type Metadata
Measurements Other
waistband to bottom of coil- 9.25; waistband to top of coil-4 ; width- 5.5; depth of coils- 4
All Measurements
other measurements: waistband to bottom of coil- 9.25; waistband to top of coil-4 ; width- 5.5; depth of coils- 4
Date Earliest
1875
Date Latest
1885
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Function
Storage Location
A1
Holding Institution
Exhibition Notes
In addition to studying outer garments, students also had the opportunity to examine some examples of the foundation garments worn underneath. They learned the importance of under structures in creating the fashionable silhouette of any given period. By the 1880's, the ideal feminine form had changed to a more slender, vertical shape, with the fullness of the skirt moved to the back and further elaborated by the hidden structures of bustle pads and cages such as those shown here.
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Small Bustle of Striped Covered Coils,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed September 19, 2024, http://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/1054.