ISBN9780300275087_f0131-01

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TitleCorset cover

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1880

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsWhite plain weave cotton

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/108908

Accession number1979.331a, d

SubjectsUnderwear--American--19th centuryCorsetsClothing and dress--United States--History--19th centuryLingerie

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Édouard Manet: Nana

Valerie Steele

Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity

“The satin corset may be the nude of our era,” suggested Édouard Manet.“Le corset de satin, c’est peut-être le nu de notre époque.” C. Delaville, “Édouard Manet,”...

Author

Valerie Steele

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.124-134

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00356.11

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23660&redirecttoanchor=101530

Chapter subject tags:Clothing and dress--France--History--19th centuryImpressionism (Art)--FranceManet, Édouard, 1832-1883

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