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Title
Corset tournure ; Skirt supporter
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Costume -- Corset

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1859
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC COSTU-Cor
Topics
Women -- Clothing & dress
Textiles -- India
Corsets
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Figures numbered 4 and 5. Printed on border: "The corset tournure is a novelty which is highly recommended. While serving the purpose indicated by its name, it forms an effectual support for the skirts." "We also illustrate a skirt supporter, the extreme lightness and simplicity of which commends it to public favor. It consists of a girdle of three parallel slips of watch-spring steel, furnished with a slide so as to be readily adapted to the size of the wearer …" Written on border: "Mar. 1859" Includes additional text.
Source note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 21 x 13 cm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17122671
Barcode: 33333159260286
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e7616d90-c549-012f-1073-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1859: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Corset tournure ; Skirt supporter" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-fcb9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Corset tournure ; Skirt supporter" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-fcb9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1859). Corset tournure ; Skirt supporter Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-fcb9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Corset tournure ; Skirt supporter