The Corset Work
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Book #1
Outside Cover: Antique off-white cotton twill “Ferris Good Sense” child corset waist with 5 bone front buttons, 7 buttons for attaching to stockings/pantaloons and 2 metal side clips stamped “Pat. Aug 27, 89.”
Cotton/poly embroidered text.
Height w/shoulder straps: 14”
Width closed: 12 1/2”
Width opened: 26”
Inside book #1: Front Cover back embroidered, page 1 front
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Book #1
Interior Vest: Antique white cotton child “Ideal, Size 2” child waist with 4 bone front buttons, 5 waist buttons for attaching to stockings/pantaloons and 2 side tabs with small metal grommets.
Cotton embroidered text. All vests lines with vintage cotton bed sheets, with digital iris printed images.
Interior Vest Height w/shoulder straps: 9 1/2”
Interior Vest Width closed: 10 1/2”
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Box #1
Closed Outside Edge Length: 16”
Closed Outside Edge Width: 14 1/4”
Height: 2 1/4”
Book #1 Interior Vest open
Width open: 22”
Inside Book Front Cover
Interior book pages
Page Height: 5”
Page Width: 8”
Book #1
Interior Vest: back
Vest attached with bone button to cotton twill loop
Book #1
Detail: Book binding with cotton twill tape.
Twill ties to inside of vest.
Causes of Female Influence
Sensible Mothers. Beautiful Children. © 2007
Book #2
Outside Cover: Antique off-white cotton linen “Security,
Pat 7-8-19 T.P.T Co.” child bodice vest with 5 bone front buttons, 6 waist buttons for attaching to stockings/pantaloons and 2 metal side clips.
Cotton/poly embroidered text.
Height w/shoulder area: 10”
Width closed: 12”
Width opened: 22”
Book #2
Interior Vest: Antique “Little Beauty” white lightweight twill cotton child vest with 5 bone front buttons, 6 waist buttons for attaching to stockings/pantaloons and gathered neck to waist area.
Cotton embroidered text. All vests lines with vintage cotton bed sheets, with digital iris printed images.
Interior Vest Height w/shoulder area: 8”
Interior Vest Width closed: 9 1/2”
Book #2
Interior Vest: back
Vest attached with bone button to cotton twill loop
Book #2 Interior Vest inside lining and Book Front Cover
Interior Vest Width open: 18 1/2”
Interior book pages
Page Height: 5”
Page Width: 8”
Book #2
Detail: Lining right side interior cover vest Lining left side interior cover vest
Inside book #1: page 1 back, page 2 front
Inside book #1: page 2 back, page 3 front
Inside book #1: page 6 back, page 7 front
Inside book #1: page 9 back, page 10 front
Inside book #1: page 12 back, page 13 front
Inside book #1: page 14 back, page 15 front/back cover, embroidered
Book #2 Interior Vest inside lining and Book Back Cover
Book #1 Interior Vest inside lining and Book Back Cover
This is the second of two books in a series dealing with the issues of mothers, their daughters and the relationships between them (the first is To Ensure Grace). The lessons passed along in those relationships are echoed through the bonds that girls have with their sisters, and in this case, siblings that were corseted “together.”
Mothers were able to mold the expectations that young girls had while growing up. With self help books of the period in addition with strongly worded corset advertising, mothers were told that “Every mother should know how essential these waists are to the correct physical development of her children.” Corset waists were named with the idea that they grow along with the girl, providing “freedom in childhood” with names like “Little Beginners Waists,” “Kiddie-Work-A-Day Waists,” and the “Junior Corset Waist,” among others. The text includes 19th and 20th century quotes from girls wearing these corsets as well as advertising text of the era.
Series of 2 books using unique antique
children undershirts/waists.
Cotton/poly embroidered text.
15 Interior book pages.
Images for both books are the same -
digital iris printed images on hand cut vintage
cotton bed sheets.
Box #1
Interior Edge Length: 34”
Interior Edge Width: 13 1/4”
1” grosgrain ribbon ties
Causes of Female Influence video
