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Description: | white twill ('jean'), one centre front, flared above waist, straight below; 2 sides cut short over hips, and slit from bottom edge almost to waist; 2 centre backs, S shaped side back seams, extended to level of front; narrow shoulders straps attached to front, flared towards back where fastened through 2 pairs of eyelet holes; top and bottom edges bound with twill tape; lined with jean throughout at centre front pocket, open at bottom, for whalebone busk in white linen casing, held in by linen tape through a pair of eyelet holes through front and lining; at front waist 5 horizontal cords with stitching between; on front, above waist, lines of cords and stitches, sloping towards busk; below waist vertical lines of cord and stitching; sides with cords at waist as on front; cords and stitching above sloping parallel with cords with seam over bust and vertical below armholes, graduated ay join; one pair of vertical cords each side of slit; backs with bone and cord at centre; curved bone from base of back to above waist; pairs of cords near strap hoes from top edge to waist
lining: self-fabric throughout
fastening: centre back, laces (missing) through 10 pairs of eyelet holes; side slits bound with linen tape, fastening by cotton threads through 11 pairs of parallel holes; cords inside top binding to tie at centre front
label: paper, hand-written in ink, "Riding Stays worn by Aunt L.A. Rayner",
Accession number: NCM 1990-248 | Subjects: | costume (women's) | Temporal: | 1800-1810 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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