Tucker
Unknown
ca. 1820 · cotton · Costume Institute
Precursor of the modern brassiere, this tucker was worn as a modesty piece under the sheer cotton empire line dresses of the early 19th century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1820
- Medium
- cotton
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Credit line
- Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Martin Kamer, 1982
