EDWARDIAN TALL HOURGLASS COUTIL CORSET W LACE BY REDFERN

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EDWARDIAN TALL HOURGLASS COUTIL CORSET W LACE BY REDFERN. A VERY RARE PIECE BY REDFERN. FASHIONED OF A FINE COUTIL COTTON AND BONED VERTICALLY THROUGHOUT. DOUBLE LACING WITH STEEL TIPS LACE UP THE GROMMET REAR WITH THE FRONT BUSK IN A HOOK AND BALL CLOSURE. VALENCIENNES LACE TRIMS THE TOP WITH SILK RIBBON WEAVING THROUGH. GARTERS ON THE FRONT, SILVER METAL HARDWARE ON THE BUCKLES AND EACH READS SECURITY AS DOES THE HOOKS ALONG THE FRONT BUSK . SILVER METAL CORSET COVER CLASP IN THE FRONT . THE CORSET LOOKS TO BE OLD STORE STOCK. THERE IS ONE SMALL RUST STAIN AREA ON THE REAR AND THE ELASTIC GARTERS HAVE LOST THEIR STRETCH BUT ARE STILL WEARABLE.
MEASUREMENTS IN INCHES WITH THE LACING FULLY CLOSED:
BUST: 34
WAIST: 24
HIPS: 36
REAR BUSK HEIGHT: 15