19th centuryUndergarments

Bustle, 1870s-1880s

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Title
Bustle, 1870s-1880s
Period
1870s-1880s
Description
brown; fabric casing around bones; boning channels of white and blue pinstripe; bustle in triangle shape; elastic attaching one side to the other so bustle curves in
Condition
elastic has lost elasticity; bones starting to poke out of edge of casing; end of waistband starting to fray
Accession Number
2019.1.337
Location
Box #36, Part-time Office

Files

2019.1.337.JPG
Exterior view of bustle.jpeg
A side view.jpeg
Hole in hem of bustle showing two bones.jpeg
A leather tipped steel bone has torn through the fabric.jpeg
A steel bone fragment. The casing is worn away to show steel..jpeg
The bustle was shortened with a large tuck at one point.jpeg
The tuck is still intact on one side of the bustle.jpeg
View of the bottom half of the bustle and the tuck.jpeg
Waist tape.jpeg
The waist tape is whip stitched in place.jpeg
Buckle on one side of the waist tape.jpeg
The configuration of bones at the top of the bustle.jpeg
Interior view of the bustle.jpeg
Interior view of the boning at the top of the bustle.jpeg
Interior whip stitches at waist.jpeg
Elastics held the bustle's shape. Some are torn..jpeg
The steel has worn through its casing and the ticking.jpeg
Elastic attached by hand.jpeg

Citation

“Bustle, 1870s-1880s,” Costume Studies Teaching Collection, accessed March 14, 2025, https://costumestudies.hilarydoda.com/items/show/1234.

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