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"Lemon Cup" bust improver, 1890 (around)
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"Lemon Cup" bust improver, 1890 (around)
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"Lemon Cup" bust improver, 1890 (around)
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The "Lemon Cup" bust improver from around 1890. From the outside this garment resembles two circular pads contained within a simple white cotton pouch. Inside, the pads reveal that they each contain a light, coiled spring packed into a pad of bleached horsehair. The springs are riveted strips of whalebone that run horizontally across each pad.
When the garment was pinned over a corset, or into a shift or camisole, the breasts would push the whalebone into a deep outward curve and force the spring out into the pad to give the impression of a larger, more generous bust.
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The "Lemon Cup" bust improver from around 1890. From the outside this garment resembles two circular pads contained within a simple white cotton pouch. Inside, the pads reveal that they each contain a light, coiled spring packed into a pad of bleached horsehair. The springs are riveted strips of whalebone that run horizontally across each pad.
When the garment was pinned over a corset, or into a shift or camisole, the breasts would push the whalebone into a deep outward curve and force the spring out into the pad to give the impression of a larger, more generous bust.
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Width
2560 px
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1012 px
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2013-06-05 10:50:44
Date taken
19/05/2008
