corset & stays

Summary

Red quilted cotton staybands, lined with stiff white cotton; straight across top front and side backs, shaped for arm-holes; narrow shoulder straps, attached at base only; narrow rounded sections added to side backs with red braid ties to cross at back and pass through slit in side seam under left armhole, to tie at front; bound with red cotton braid; lace edging around armholes and across front.