‘midget’ bustle
- Description
- 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.
- Accession Loan No.
- 2/1963/1
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Common Name
- ‘midget’ bustle
- Simple Name
- bustle
- Full Name
- ‘midget’ bustle
- Dimensions
- whole H 100 mm; whole width 220 mm; whole depth 150 mm
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Date
- c 1885
- Production Year Low
- 1880
- Production Year High
- 1890
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- cotton (glazed); metal
