Object
Crinoline
Crinoline
Crinolines or hoop skirts helped nineteenth-century women create the sought-after but unrealistic hourglass figure. Fashion trends undulate as the volumes of clothes shrink and swell – with shifting emphasis on different body shapes. Those who follow fashion can distinguish themselves from the pack. The crinoline experienced its peak around 1850, its diameter reaching an impressive three-and-a-half metres. [text 2025]
- Title
- Crinoline
- Dating
- ca. 1835
- Object type
- dameskleding, onderkleding, crinoline
- Object number
- 7514 c
- Collection
- toegepaste kunst, kostuums
- Materials
- katoen
- Technique
- katoen
- Dimensions
- hoogte cm
- breedte cm
- diepte cm
- Acquisition
- schenking (1935)
- Inscriptions and marks
- :
- Rights
- Public domain