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Mills Junr., manufacturer

Corset, ca. 1795

Description

Maker

  • Mills Junr., ca. 1804, English, manufacturer

Title

Corset

Year

ca. 1795

Medium

cotton; silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton,
  • silk

Techniques

  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered

Dimensions

30.5 cm (12 inches) (length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped with a maker's mark:Mills Junr., 34, Holywell Street, Strand, London., Inventor of the Patent Telima Corset."

Place

London

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Museum Collection

Object Number

1987.092

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Corset with the accession number of 1987.092. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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