Basic info

Collection

Costume and Textiles

Object name

Corset

Object category

Costume, female

Object subcategory

Supporting and/or shaping structures

Description

Corset of iron with back clasp opening and hinges at either side. The whole is perforated. The front tapers away into a point. A narrow band forms the top front below which are two large holes.

Production date start

1580

Production date end

1599

Period

Tudor

Elizabethan