Antique 1890s bodice, brown wool bodice, rust silk bodice, leg of mutton gigot sleeve, 1800s bodice, Victorian bodice, 1896 bodice, Small

A wonderful antique Victorian bodice circa 1896! The brown wool bodice features dramatic, leg of mutton / gigot sleeves. It also features contrasting front and back panels with front draping, a high stand collar with a back bow, and a fitted waistband and cuffs, all in rust silk. The inside of the bodice is just as beautiful as the outside! It is lined with polished cotton with boning sewn onto the front waist to give it shape. It has a series of hook an eye/loop closures on the back collar, at one shoulder, and down the side of the waist, as well as a row of hidden hook and eye closures conn…