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Busk

Busk

Public Domain

Maker
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
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
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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Armchair
Unknown American
Armchair
c. 1640–1690
Black cherry and hickory
B.98.19
High Chair
Unknown American
High Chair
c. 1780–1800
Soft maple, hickory, birch, basswood, beech, and white oak
B.61.83
scan from file photograph
Unknown American
Armchair
c. 1775–1785
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.72.26
Armchair
Unknown American
Armchair
c. 1790–1810
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.415
Armchair
Unknown American
Armchair
c. 1765–1770
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, ash, and hickory
B.69.413
Card Table
Unknown American
Card Table
c. 1760–1800
Mahogany; hickory and Atlantic white cedar
B.69.19
Armchair
Unknown American
Armchair
c. 1790–1805
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.435
Armchair
Unknown American
Armchair
c. 1700–1725
Soft maple, ash, poplar, and hickory
B.69.54
Armchair
Unknown American
Armchair
c. 1790–1800
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.434
Side Chair
Unknown American
Side Chair
c. 1780–1800
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.405
scan from file photograph
Unknown American
Side Chair (one of a pair)
c. 1760–1815
Soft maple, hickory, yellow-poplar, and sweetgum
B.69.510.2
scan from file photograph
Unknown American
Side Chair (one of a pair)
c. 1760–1815
Soft maple, hickory, yellow-poplar, and sweetgum
B.69.510.1
Unknown American