Busk

Busk

Public Domain

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
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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
Armchair
c. 1790–1805
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.435
Armchair
Armchair
c. 1700–1725
Soft maple, ash, poplar, and hickory
B.69.54
Armchair
Armchair
c. 1790–1800
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.434
Side Chair
Side Chair
c. 1780–1800
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.405
scan from file photograph
Side Chair (one of a pair)
c. 1760–1815
Soft maple, hickory, yellow-poplar, and sweetgum
B.69.510.2
scan from file photograph
Side Chair (one of a pair)
c. 1760–1815
Soft maple, hickory, yellow-poplar, and sweetgum
B.69.510.1
Card Table
Card Table
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany, satinwood, and unidentified inlay; yellow-poplar, white oak, hickory, and southern yellow pine
B.69.129
Card Table
Card Table
c. 1800–1820
Mahogany and unidentified inlay; hard maple, hickory, and eastern white pine
B.65.9
Armchair
Armchair
c. 1770–1785
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, red oak, and hickory (both handholds are replacements made of ash)
B.79.204
Armchair
Armchair
c. 1795–1815
Soft maple, oak, hickory, and yellow-poplar
B.79.205
Settee
Settee
c. 1780–1800
Yellow-poplar, soft maple, and hickory
B.69.421
Card Table
Card Table
c. 1755–1800
Mahogany; yellow-poplar, southern yellow pine, white oak, and hickory
B.70.23