Dress

Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. American

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An hourglass silhouette with a princess-seamed structure called the "cuirasse" was created with a high waist, just an inch or two under the bust. It was an upholstered, exaggerated shape achieved with a corset and a spoon busk to cup and re-form the abdomen. American dress reformers, many newly directed former anti-slavery advocates, came together in the 1870s in specific opposition to such deliberate body molding.

Dress, Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. (American), silk, American

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Dress, Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. (American), silk, American
Dress, Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. (American), silk, American
Dress, Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. (American), silk, American
Dress, Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. (American), silk, American
Dress, Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. (American), silk, American
Dress, Textile by James McCreary and Co., N.Y. (American), silk, American

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