Domestic Chores for husbands in the Victorian eras meant lacing up contraptions like this and made the gay nineties not so gay. The corset required te(...)
Date12/21/1946
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Toronto Star (Firm)
(publisher)
Unknown
(photographer)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Domestic Chores for husbands in the Victorian eras meant lacing up contraptions like this and made the gay nineties not so gay. The corset required ten feet of laces. Left; is an 1860 hoopskirt of purple taffeta; right; a tan silk with a poke bonnet. New York city's museum owns them.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006667F
Approximately 1890
Approximately 1890
Approximately 1890
1889 circa
1880 circa
1880?
Approximately 1885
Approximately 1890
Approximately 1890
Approximately 1890