Woman's corset of heavy dark tan linen, lined with coarse, loosely woven, light brown linen; even, vertical ribbing/boning of narrow, flexible whalebone (?) strips, outlined in white thread topstitching; back closure with eyelets for laces (not present); white leather piping/trim around edges, and on main seams; roughly V-shaped front, straight across top, and rounded bottom; scalloped and flared lower sides and around back; remnants of cream colored silk fabric on front seams (originally a stomacher, according to previous curator).