Réjane Ribbon Corset
Brief Item Record
Title: Réjane Ribbon Corset
Date: 1900-1915
Description: Cream silk satin ribbon corset with back lacing and front busk with decorative bow at top. There are two covered elastic garters with decorative bows and two clips on each end attached at center front. Large hook at lower front on one side of the busk. Stamp inside identifies it as "The Réjane" corset, and "Real whalebone". A third stamp is illegible.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2019037
Title
Réjane Ribbon Corset
Description
Cream silk satin ribbon corset with back lacing and front busk with decorative bow at top. There are two covered elastic garters with decorative bows and two clips on each end attached at center front. Large hook at lower front on one side of the busk. Stamp inside identifies it as "The Réjane" corset, and "Real whalebone". A third stamp is illegible.
Date
1900-1915
Subject
Costume
Extent
31 inches (bust), 20 inches (waist), 11.25 inches (center front), 10 inches (center back), 14 inches (garter length)
Type
Physical Object
Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Shanti Fowler-Puja 2019-10-04, 2021-10-01; Mahalia Hunter 2021-09-29
Color Main
Technique
Dress Type
Closure
Waistline
Chest
31
Waist
20
Center Front Length
11.25
Center Back Length
10
Measurements Other
14 inches (garter length)
All Measurements
31 inches (bust), 20 inches (waist), 11.25 inches (center front), 10 inches (center back), 14 inches (garter length)
Label
"The Réjane", inside upper back lacing
"Real whalebone", inside upper back lacing
"6 19" inside lower back lacing
"Real whalebone", inside upper back lacing
"6 19" inside lower back lacing
Date Earliest
1900
Date Latest
1920
Gender
Classification
costume
Category
Function
Condition Term
very good
Condition Description
Some folds in the ribbon and wear on the outside of the bone channels. Also slight yellowing, mostly on the garters. Green coloring on back ribbons, probably from metal eyelets.
Storage Location
O5
Holding Institution
Work Type
Citation
“Réjane Ribbon Corset,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed December 5, 2023, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/6435.