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Lined with white cotton twill and the top and bottom are bound with reddish brown tape. The corset is made in two parts.\r\n\r\nThe front fastens with a busk and the backs are provided with metal eyelets for a lace. The corset is hip length, curving to a rounded point in the front and less deeply at the back. The bones are close-set and splayed out at the bust and hips, and at the tops are trimmed with fancy stitching in cream. There is a band of dark brown cording at the top, covering the breasts. At the waist there is a V-shaped band in darker brown stitching. The corset is machine-stitched. 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According to Goodwin, Yanovsky would have been 52. The document states that he was a Russian subject, having been born at Yanova in Koons. Goodwin believes Yanovsky arrived in London around 1880. According to Ancestry, Yanovsky was born in about 1849 and died in September 1920 aged 71. His registration district was Whitechapel","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Brown cotton twill corset, possibly made in England or Germany, ca. 1890","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"During the 1890s, it was fashionable to be voluptuous at the bosom and hips, but small at the waist. Tight corsets aided this by displacing flesh from the waist to these areas. \r\n\r\nThis corset has one of the smallest waist measurements in the collection of the V&A. Most surviving corsets show a generous or 'normal' waist measurement, suggesting that creating the right shape, not size, was the main purpose of corsetry.\r\n\r\nCorset \r\nBritain or Germany, about 1890\r\nCotton coutille with machine lace, whalebone, metal eyelets, and steel; lined with cotton twill\r\nGiven by the family of Myer Yanovsky\r\nV&A: T.90&A-1984","date":{"text":"2013-2015","earliest":"2013-01-01","latest":"2015-12-31"}},{"text":"Tight lacing\r\n\r\nDuring the 1890s it was fashionable to have a small waist and a full bosom and hips. When this corset is laced tightly its waist measures just under 48 centimetres. 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