mimic-of-modes:

Corset, ca. 1835; cotton, cording, metal grommets

Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009.300.2892a, b; Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Richard Herz, 1967

Unlike most surviving corsets of this era, the thread used was not matched to the fabric.  Instead, the maker used navy blue to create a striking contrast, with the precision of the lines of stitching making them appear drawn on with ink and a ruler.

mydaguerreotypeboyfriend:

Robert Cornelius, the original daguerreotype boyfriend. 

meandthemajor:

1839 self-portrait of Robert Cornelius, one of the first photographs of a human to be produced.

(Source: verticalfiles)

fripperiesandfobs:

Evening dress ca. 1830

From The Museum at FIT