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Bustle
Date: 1880-1882
Material: cotton muslin, woven cotton twill tape, metal coils
2019.03
Label: None
Homemade metal coil bustle covered with a cotton muslin. Waistband is a 2 inch cotton twill attached to two thinner woven cotton strings. Machine sewn, but the stitches are uneven closing the coils in each 'pillow'.
Measurements:
Total height: 7.75 inches
Total width: 10 inches
Total depth: 3.5 inches
Diameter of coils at widest: 1.75 inches at the top coil, 2.25 inches at the center coil; 2.5 inches at the bottom coil.
Bottom pillow is 9 inches wide at the top and 7.5 inches in height.
Center pillow is 8 inches wide at the top and 5.5 inches in height.
Top pillow is 7 inches wide at the top edge and 3.5 inches in height.
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