Corset 1870 - 1874

This white cotton corset, created by Crotty & Richards between 1870 and 1874, exemplifies the constricting fashion trends of the Victorian era. The garment features a series of vertical boning panels, a signature detail of corsets in this period. The corset is now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and is an important artifact for understanding the evolving social and aesthetic ideals of women's bodies in the 19th century.