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Culture:American?
Title:corselet; corselette; basquine; girdle
Date Made:ca. 1865
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: black plain weave silk (taffeta); jet or glass beads; brown cotton lining; boning (baleen)
Place Made:United States?
Accession Number:  HD V.023
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Black silk taffetta corselet/corselette, sometimes referred to as a basquine or fancy girdle, or Swiss belt or Swiss body. This item, which was worn on the outside of a woman's dress, would have been used to both decorate and define the waistline. The garment laces both center front and back and is stiffened with boning (probably baleen).

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