Mrs. C. D. Spigelmyer
Welch Custom Corset
1897-1909
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Mrs. C. D. Spigelmyer
Welch Custom Corset
1897-1909
Physical Qualities
Silk, cotton, metal stays, silk laces, metal fasteners and eyelets, 14 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (36.8 x 62.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Merry Gladding Highby, Baltimore, MD.
Object Number
2010.21
Woman's corset of black and pink woven silk fabric with pink silk satin edge trim. Corset is constructed over stiff stays (metal?) with metal fastenings in front. Pink silk lacings are criss-crossed across the back through metal eyelets. The lining appears to be a durable cotton. Machine sewn.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Merry Gladding Highby, Baltimore, MD; Margaret Harris.
Inscribed: Printed on inside lining in black type: "Welch Custom Corset,/MANUFACTURED BY/Mrs. C.D. Spigelmyer/ WILLIAMSPORT, PA"
