Record ID: NLM-EFF3C7
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy object, initially identified as a furniture escutcheon. However, Chris Richter of Germany kindly identified this object as a women's corset fitting of more recent date, of a type that remains in use today. He provides the following visual reference to an image of such objects 'in action', at: http://www.neheleniapatterns.com/loeffelschliessen.jpg. The fasteners are placed on the rigid front of the corset (the busk) and enable it to be removed without full unlacing. The opening busk came into use in the middle of the 19th century, and continues in various contexts to the …
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.