Date:1840 - 1865 (c.)
Description:This bodice has a tiny waist, the mannequin hat to be slimmed considerably to accommodate the bodice. It is made from a jersey wool fabric, is unlined and fasted down the front with fabric covered buttons. Looking at the bodice below the waist we can see that it flares out over the hips, meaning it would most likely have been worn with a full skirt. Towards the middle of the 19th century fashion started to favour fuller and fuller skirts. To begin with this was achieved with multiple petticoats, but as skirts grew in volume and more petticoats were worn they became to heavy to wear. This is when crinolines were worn. These were stiff fabric or steel cage like structures made to support the skirt. However, crinoline fashion started to enlarge the fullness of the skirt, so much so the petticoat could no longer support the weight of the fabric. The Victorians not wanting to change the current fashion trend altered the crinoline so instead of using horse hair or linen thread to make the hoops extra rings were added with whale bone or cane to support the weight.
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Image courtesy of: Mrs H. Pardoe
Donor ref:NM.1997.40® (22/27505)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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