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Actions	woman's cotton combinations Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberB689 Titlewoman's cotton combinations DescriptionWoman's white cotton combinations with tailored waist. Lace around neck and shoulders, and lace trim around legs. These consisted of a chemise and drawers united in one smoothly-fitting garment. They arose in the 1870s when the fashionable silhouette was so tight that as much bulk as possible was eliminated. As with ordinary drawers, the crotch seams were usually left open, and some examples incorporated the buttoning back flap and closed seams. Though perhaps meant to be a fashionable innovation, the combination garment was hijacked, as it were, by the dress reform movement, who wanted to reduce the number and weight of clothing worn by women as a rule. Circa 1895. Production date circa 1895 Object namecombinations, woman's Dimensions length: 100 cm

Object numberB689

Titlewoman's cotton combinations

DescriptionWoman's white cotton combinations with tailored waist. Lace around neck and shoulders, and lace trim around legs. These consisted of a chemise and drawers united in one smoothly-fitting garment. They arose in the 1870s when the fashionable silhouette was so tight that as much bulk as possible was eliminated. As with ordinary drawers, the crotch seams were usually left open, and some examples incorporated the buttoning back flap and closed seams. Though perhaps meant to be a fashionable innovation, the combination garment was hijacked, as it were, by the dress reform movement, who wanted to reduce the number and weight of clothing worn by women as a rule. Circa 1895.

Production date circa 1895

Object namecombinations, woman's

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