‘midget’ bustle
This is a ‘midget’ bustle or dress improver. The fashion for draping fabric at the back of the skirt really began in the 1860s. At this stage, the ‘tournure’ was developed to attach to the crinoline and give additional support for the fabric at the back.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 2/1963/1
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Material
- cotton (glazed)metal
- Common Name
- ‘midget’ bustle
- Simple Name
- bustle
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1885
- Production Year Low
- 1880
- Production Year High
- 1890
