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The front consists of two straight panels, fastening with buttons, each side is flanked by a gored panel. There are two wider gored panels gathered into the waist band at the centre back. There are three small hoops of braided steel wire inserted through white tapes attached inside the two rear panels just below the waist and three of the same are similarly attached above the hem with a further row above them which runs only to the centre of the side gores. Gaps in the tape make it possible to remove some of the steels for washing the petticoat. Button fastening down centre front.  Internal tapes for allow for the adjustable of both the bustle and petticoat. Elasticated back of waistband, and the front is an applied triangular band of the ground material. The crinoline fastens down the centre front with small white four hole china buttons. 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Crinolettes, or half-crinolines, marked the mid-point between the cage crinoline and the bustle. They were often made with extra loops of steel, which acted as a bustle. \r\n\r\nSome crinolettes were laced like a corset. This lacing, combined with the tying of internal tapes, enabled the shape of the bustle and the width of petticoat to be adjusted. Gaps in the tape made it possible to remove some of the steels when washing the petticoat.","briefDescription":"Crinolette of cotton and steel, England, ca. 1868","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"CRINOLETTE (front left)\r\nSpring steel hoops covered in black and white striped cotton \r\nBritish, about 1870\r\n\r\nCRINOLETTE (front right)\r\nSpring steel frame covered in white cotton\r\nBritish, 1868\r\n\r\nBy 1865, the shape of the crinoline at the back of the body grew more exaggerated with a distinctive flattening at the front. Crinolettes, or half-crinolines, marked the mid-point between the cage crinoline and the bustle. They were often made with extra loops of steel, which acted as a bustle. \r\n\r\nSome crinolettes were laced like a corset. This lacing, combined with the tying of internal tapes, enabled the shape of the bustle and the width of petticoat to be adjusted. Gaps in the tape made it possible to remove some of the steels when washing the petticoat. \r\n\r\n\r\nGiven by Messrs. Harrods Ltd\r\nT. 775C -1913","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["T.194-1984"],"accessionNumberNum":"194","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1984,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-21","recordCreationDate":"2001-05-16","availableToBook":true}}