Ferris Good Sense Waist

Date

• 1885-1895

Summary

• Ferris Good Sense Waist. A heavy cotton cream colored corset with only two bones, one at each side seam. The rest of the structure has cording. There is a metal center busk, adjustable with lacing at center back and over the hip area. The shape of the bosom is created with cording. There are adjustable straps which fasten with one button at the shoulder. The corset fastens center front with eight mother-of-pearl buttons. There are no garters. There are two mother-of-pearl buttons at the side seams at waist height and two small, flat, crescent-shaped buttons along the bottom center. Front reads, "Ferris Good Sense 219" in red. 13" long. Ferris Bros. was based in New York, NY and San Francisco.