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This corset cover reveals the ideal "monobosom" of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century silhouette. The support for the bust is set very low and there is no use of gussets beneath that might serve to articulate them as two separate entities.
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Title: Corset cover
Date: 1900–1910
Culture: American
Medium: cotton
Credit Line: Purchase, Hoechst Fiber Industries Fund, 1982
Object Number: 1982.316.8
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