The exhibition will run until March 12, 2017.

Petticoat, Booth & Fox, about 1860, Britain, London, and Ireland, Cork.

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Cotton and lace corset, 1890.

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Bust bodice, satin, ca.

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Little X Silhouette girdle, lycra and nylon, 1960s.

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