Fashion — 1894
Bodice
No manufacturing/designer label on the bodice. There is a manufacturer name printed on the sweat guard: 'Excelsior / Made in USA'.
Worn by mother of donor, Leah Ginsburg, for her engagement 1893-4. Married in 1894 in Bayswater Synagogue. Leah Ginsburg helped her father with the office side of his glazier's business in Portobello Road.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 85.481/1a
- Object name:
- bodice
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Excelsior (sweat protectors)
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- Related events:
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- Production date:
- 1894
- Material:
silk, cotton, synthetic fibre (unidentified), mother-of-pearl
- Measurements/duration:
- L 480 mm (centre front, from top of neck to hem), L 670 mm, W 320 mm (armpit to armpit) (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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