Busk

Busk

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CultureAmerican

Titles

Busk

Date18th century

Made inUnited States

MediumHickory

Dimensions13 × 1 5/8 in. (33 × 4.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.67.18

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Queen Anne Bedroom

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DescriptionA woman would have used this thin, flat wooden busk or corset stay to provide additional rigidity at the front of a corset, into which the busk would slide. A busk was often a romantic gift from a man to a woman.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1967.

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