Cage Crinoline

Object number
FIC.2018.036
Date
circa 1880
Description
Steel bustle with cotton tapes. 20 hoops. First 5 hoops are not complete circles. 5 tapes. Hoops secured to tapes with brass like rivets. Waist secured with buckle at front. See Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession No. 1979.53.3 as comparanda.  
Materials
steel
cotton
Object Type
cage crinolines