A Bustle Train
1877-82

I don't see these very often. My thanks to Ian The Staymaker has put me right on this piece. A removable train designed to button onto a short petticoat (i.e. above floor length) These are seen fairly regularly in ladies’ magazines or newspapers of the period that I have but not being high fashion do not appear consistently. Starching and ironing a train piece like this would be easier than preparing a whole petticoat with built in train.*
 

Description

The white cotton with two buttonholes on the back waistband with ties below, six gathered ruffles, machine sewn.

Length 42 in;1.07 m

Condition

Very good. Just one area of blood? stains to the left of the third tear 3 cm square plus another spot on the edge.

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