1895-1900 French corset cover (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, New York USA), Grand Ladies

This shows one way of providing a modesty piece that peeks out above the neckline of a bodice and presentable under-garments wherever a bodice or sleeves have openings.

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Corset cover, French

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