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Symington Corset Pattern 1892-1909
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Symington Corset Patterns:
The Symington collection was created by the Market Harborough company R. & W. H. Symington, which began to make corsets for fashionable Victorian ladies in the 1850s. The company eventually grew into an international concern and one of its most famous products, the Liberty Bodice, was produced for almost seventy years.
The Symington garment collection is held at the Collections Resources Centre, Barrow-on-Soar
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More corset patterns can be viewed in the Symington catalogues held at the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.
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All of the patterns are scanned directly from the original Symington pattern books and sizes do vary. As a guide most waist sizes are between 22" and 24".
NB: If ordering a print, select the A2 paper size option. This will allow the pattern to be printed to scale.
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R. & W.H. Symington and Co. Ltd.
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The Symington collection was created by the Market Harborough company R. & W. H. Symington, which began to make corsets for fashionable Victorian ladies in the 1850s. The company eventually grew into an international concern and one of its most famous products, the Liberty Bodice, was produced for almost seventy years.
This unique collection was presented to Leicestershire County Council's Museums Service in 1980. Although it includes some pieces made by their competitors, the collection essentially tells the story of the Symington company over a period of one hundred and thirty years. It includes garments and supporting advertising material, which provide an insight into the development of corsetry, foundation garments and swimwear from the late 19th century through to the beginning of the 1990s.
Held at the Collections Resources Centre, Barrow-on-Soar
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