"2021-02-10T00:00:00"^^ . "Bustle pad of glazed calico, France, ca. 1885"@en . "Bustle pad of dark brown glazed calico trimmed with dark brown silk cord. It consists of an almost square pad with rounded corners overlaid with a smaller one held in place by the silk cord. \n\nIt appears to be stuffed with straw. It fastens with a white waist tape."@en . . . "Bought in Paris\n\nThis French rectangular bustle pad is stuffed with straw and would have provided a firm shelf-like support for the skirt and petticoats worn over it. This helped create the fashionable silhouette of the mid 1880s a period in which bustles briefly returned to favour.\n\nBustle pad\nAu Louvre\nFrance, Paris, about 1885\nGlazed calico, stuffed with straw and trimmed with silk cord\nV&A: T.377-1978 [16/04/2016-12/03/2017]"@en .