BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:e00fd9d133200823fea0f06051984539
DTSTAMP:20261027T001213Z
SUMMARY:a-warner-brothers-coraline-cotton-twill-nursing-corset-1881 - Date 
 de vente : 25/03/2026
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : A Warner Brothers Coraline cotton-twill nursing c
 orset\, 1881\n\nA Warner Brothers Coraline cotton-twill nursing corset\, 1
 881\n\nstamped Dr. Warners\, the corded corset with boning to centre back\
 , steel busk to front\, cut-outs over each breast\, modesty panels attache
 d with grommet for access\, adjustable shoulder straps\, waist approx 56cm
  22in\n\nThe Warner Brothers Corset Company was co-founded by brothers Dr 
 Lucien Warner and Dr Ira De Ver Warner in 1874. Both were prominent doctor
 s who decided to abandon their medical practices in an effort to develop a
  more healthful\, flexible corset. Dr Warner’s Coraline Health Corsets w
 ere made of ’Coraline’\, produced from the fibres of the Mexican Ixtle
  plant. By 1876\, these ’health corsets’ had grown in popularity so mu
 ch so that the company was producing approximately 6\,000 corsets daily. I
 n 1883\, Harper’s Bazaar advertised the four most popular corsets in Ame
 rica as Dr Warner’s models. In 1914 they bought the patent for the brass
 iere from inventor Mary Phelps Jacob\, who had invented the brassiere a ye
 ar earlier. In 1968\, the company’s name was changed to Warnaco\, and it
  rapidly expanded throughout the second half of the twentieth century. In 
 2011\, Warnaco was operating with a yearly revenue of US$2.51 billion and 
 owned the patents for Speedo. It was a main producer of underwear for Calv
 in Klein\, Victoria’s Secret\, Fruit of the Loom\, and Ralph Lauren. In 
 2013\, Warnaco was acquired by PVH\, which sold the brand to Basic Resourc
 es Inc. in 2023\, a major producer of legwear\, loungewear\, and underwear
 .\n\nAn almost identical nursing corset is held in the collection of the M
 issouri Historical Society.\n\nShare this lot:
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260325
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR