Corset with garters
Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2006.7.16.5.CW.UN.C1912.FRAuthor:
Aux Corsets Merveilleux (French, end of 19th - beginning 20th century)Description
Corset with garters, with ventral fastenings and back lacing.Comes from the wardrobe of Tatiana Nikitichna SAMSSONOW, born NALBANDOVA (1885–1971), owner of Petrovskaya Vodka factory. The Russian millionaire had come to join her husband stationed in Paris shortly before 1914. Unfortunately the WW1 broke out and left his trunks closed. They were not reopened until 1993 when his descendants found them. These treasures, almost intact, were bought by Alexander VASSILIEV.
Materials
SilkMetal
Machine lace