Thomson, cage crinoline (ca. 1860–65)
France
Metal hoops covered with cotton, cotton webbing, metal rivets

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Label: “Célèbre jupe-cage américaine Thomson/Paris N°3 Expansion—Brevet Milliet s.g.d.g.” (Famous American cage crinoline by Thomson/Paris No. 3 Expansion—Patent Milliet s.g.d.g.)

Musée des Arts décoratifs, Union française des arts du costume collection, Paris, UF 90.01.5

From the exhibition:

Fashioning the Body: An Intimate History of the Silhouette