Brassiere «Leibche», «Brustche», «Priestche»

Item number according to the museum receipts book:

СМК 4499

Name:

Brassiere «Leibche», «Brustche», «Priestche»

Dating

Mid 19th century

Place of manufacture

Village of Blumenfeld, Novouzensky District, Samara Province.

Author, manufacturer

M. Dinges

Material

Cotton fabric, silk, glass metal buttons.

Manufacturing technique

Cut, hand stitching

Dimensions: length, width, height or diameter (L, W, H, D)

L. – 33,7; W. – 39,5.

Description of an artifact

Dark blue satin lined with sarpinka fabric checkered blue and yellow. The hem and the neck are trimmed with dark purple silk tape. Short, double-breasted, with deep armholes and a square neckline. Curly shelves with an asymmetric fastener with 14 buttons arranged in a semicircle. The back is fitted with side reliefs. On the bottom, there are serrated cuts: two in the front and three in the back.

Source and date of receipt of the museum piece:

Expedition of 1921.

Inventory number given the second stage (scientific description) of bookkeeping at the museum

ТЭТ — 342

Note. Information about analogues

Note. A similar bra from a black kidskin is in the collection of Russian Museum of Ethnography.