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Covered cage crinoline

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Crinoline frame of white cotton with an all-over self-coloured woven spot pattern and covered spring steel frame. It is approximately mid calf-length and is shaped by the insertion of woven cotton covered metal steel inserted through tapes. Elasticated waistband and button fastening down centre front. It fastens at the waist with two brass metal hooks and eyes and down the centre front with small two hole white ceramic buttons. There are two brass metal punched eyelets at the centre back waist-band and a tape attached from here to each side of the back holds the shape. It is hand stitched.

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  • Title: Covered cage crinoline
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1858
  • Location: England
  • Medium: Spring steel frame covered with cotton
The Victoria and Albert Museum

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