• Silk & Schiffli Embroidery Boudoir Cap With Ribbon Lattice, c. 1920s, UK. The Underpinnings Musuem. Photography by Tigz Rice

    Silk & Schiffli Embroidery Boudoir Cap With Ribbon Lattice

    Silk & Schiffli Embroidery Boudoir Cap With Ribbon Lattice Date: c.1920s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Silk crêpe, Schiffli embroidered tulle Brand: Custom made   This boudoir cap has a crown of gathered silk crêpe, seamed to a cotton bobbinet tulle with a Schiffli embroidered trim appliquéd over. The scalloped edge of the tulle has been seamed…
    November 5, 2017
  • Black Silk & Lace Ribbonwork Step In, c. 1920s, USA. The Underpinnings Museum Photo by Tigz Rice

    Black Silk & Lace Ribbonwork Step In

    Black Silk & Lace Ribbonwork Step In Date: c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Silk Brand: Custom made   This silk georgette step in has a simple cut, typical for early 1920s lingerie. The chemise shape is based on rectangles with gathers at the waist for shaping and a simple strip of ribbon forming a gusset between…
    November 5, 2017
  • Tulle & silk boudoir cap with oversized flowers, c. 1920s, USA. The Underpinnings Museum. Photo by Tigz Rice

    Tulle & silk boudoir cap with oversized flowers

    Tulle & silk boudoir cap with oversized flowers Date: c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Tulle and silk satin Brand: Custom made   This boudoir cap is created from a crown of pink silk satin, edged with embroidered tulle and a narrow leavers lace scalloped trim. On one side of the cap, three elaborate rosettes…
    November 5, 2017
  • Pale blue silk boudoir cap with ribbonwork and lace, c. 1920s, GB. The Underpinnings Museum. Photo by Tigz Rice

    Pale Blue Silk Boudoir Cap With Silk Ribbonwork & Lace Trim

    Pale Blue Silk Boudoir Cap With Silk Ribbonwork & Lace Trim Date:  c. 1920s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Silk Brand: Custom made   A boudoir cap made of pale blue silk crêpe. The silk is gathered into a circular panel at the crown and lightly shirred to achieve its fit. It is profusely embellished with a…
    November 5, 2017
  • Chemical lace boudoir cap with ribbonwork, c. 1920s, GB, The Underpinnings Museum. Photo by Tigz Rice

    Chemical Lace Boudoir Cap With Ribbonwork

    Chemical Lace Boudoir Cap With Ribbonwork Date: c. 1920s Origin: Great Britain Fabric: Chemical lace and silk ribbon Brand: Custom made   A boudoir cap of seamed chemical guipure lace, trimmed with a narrow leavers lace. The cap is embellished with circular motifs of silk ribbonwork roses, with a length of ribbon threaded through the roses…
    November 5, 2017
  • Bow Lace Insertion & Ribbonwork Silk Corset Cover, c. 1920s, USA Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum collection.

    Bow Lace Insertion & Ribbonwork Silk Corset cover

    Bow Lace Insertion & Ribbonwork Silk Corset Cover Date:  c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Silk Brand: Custom made     A white silk corset cover in a simple rectangular cut, gathered in under the bust with elastic. The top edge of the garment is trimmed with 3 tiers of cotton Valenciennes-style leavers lace trim. The…
    June 4, 2017
  • Pink ruffle elastic garters with silk rosettes, c. 1920s, USA Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum Collection.

    Pink Ruffle Elastic Garters With Silk Rosettes

    Pink Ruffle Elastic Garters With Silk Rosettes Date: c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: elastic and silk Brand: Custom made     A pair of garters with a base of patterned elastic with woven in ruffled silk edges, with a focal point of pink silk ribbon rosettes. Sewn by hand. Garters were commonly worn to keep…
    June 4, 2017
  • Green ribbon garters with crochet trim and French knot embroidery, 1920s, USA Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum collection.

    Green Ribbon Garters With Crochet Trim & French Knot Embroidery

    Green ribbon garters with crochet trim and French knot embroidery Date:  c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Silk Brand: Custom made   A pair of garters with a base of green silk ribbon machine stitched to an elastic base. The edges have been delicately crocheted with cream yarn, and the entire length of the garter is…
    June 4, 2017
  • Sunburst rayon and lace bra with silk and lace appliqué tap pants, c. 1930s/1920s Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum collection.

    Sunburst Rayon And Lace Bra & Silk And Lace Ribbon Gusset Tap Pants

    Sunburst Rayon And Lace Bra & Silk And Lace Ribbon Gusset Tap Pants Date:  Bra c. 1930s, tap pants c. 1920s Origin: Unknown Fabric: Rayon/lace, Silk/lace Brand: Custom made   This bra and tap pants are not part of the same set, but were styled together due to design similarities. They are from different time periods,…
    June 4, 2017
  • 1920s floral ribbon garters with padding and rosettes, c. 1920s. USA Photography by Tigz Rice Studios. From The Underpinnings Museum collection.

    Floral Ribbon Garters With Padding And Rosettes

    Floral Ribbon Garters With Padding And Rosettes Date: c. 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Silk ribbon Brand: Custom made     These garters are made from an outer of floral printed ribbon and interior of elastic. There are two matching pairs, and both have the unusual addition of pink silk encase 'padding': on one pair this is…
    June 3, 2017
  • 'The Finishing Touch' Boudoir Postcard By The Photochrom Co., c. 1920s, The Underpinnings Museum collection

    ‘The Finishing Touch’ Boudoir Postcard By The Photochrom Co

    'The Finishing Touch' Boudoir Postcard By The Photochrom Co Date: c. 1920s Origin: Great Britain Brand: The Photochrom Co Ltd   A postcard detailing a 'flapper' girl at her toilette applying finishing powder, illustrated wearing a diaphanous lingerie robe and matching boudoir cap.  The postcard was published by The Photochrom Co Ltd, a London and Tunbridge Wells…
    May 4, 2017
  • Satin bandeau bra with tripartate strapping by The Modishform, c. late 1910s The Underpinnings Museum shot by Tigz Rice Studios 2017

    Satin Bandeau Bra With Tripartate Strapping By The Modishform

    Satin Bandeau Bra With Tripartate Strapping By The Modishform Date:  Late 1910s, early 1920s Origin: United States Fabric: Cotton sateen Brand: The Modishform   A relatively simple bandeau bra, this piece would have been considered unusually technologically advanced when it was created due to the use of tripartate strapping for the bra 'wings'. This would have given…
    March 24, 2017