Corsetted Female Torso
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the form of a corsetted female torso, featuring simulated stays and buttons down front of corset, lacing down reverse side; top of corset meets upper part of box where female's bare chest is revealed, hinged at back, it may be flipped open as lid. Small link attached at upper left. Striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1982-23-148
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brass
label: Dimensions
content: 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 13/16 in. )