Date: c.1905
Origin: Great Britain
Brand: Unknown
A humorous greeting card that utilises a number of corset-inspired puns. The exterior shows a cut out corset shape in embossed pale pink silk, of a style typically worn in the 1900s with decorative bows and suspenders. The card is tied through the centre with a red silk string bow. The exterior message states ‘With Sincerest Wishes For A Good Old Xmas Bust’.
The interior of the greeting card features a ‘To’ and ‘From’ section to the left for the sender to detail their recipient’s and own names, with the opposing side detailing a pun filled poem, encased in floral scrolling borders:
‘Christmas once more comes in due
CORSET comes round
I hope that to-day in
GOOD FORM you’ll be found
WAIST-ing no time, and by
Good luck attended
And your happines ne’er for
One moment SUSPENDED’
Purchase a reproduction of this greeting card here.
From the collection of Karolina Laskowska
