Revealing the iron corset
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
There are around 15 iron corsets in museum collections around the world, including two in Wellcome Collection. Historians still dispute their purpose, but these intriguing objects hold clues about who would have worn them and why.
![Revealing the iron corset](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Calkins-corset-ad-1898.jpg/215px-Calkins-corset-ad-1898.jpg)
Corset - Wikipedia
![Revealing the iron corset](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/20/cc/f1/20ccf1e1a42a2dfcd8a1d9f46a3926b9.jpg)
Pap Boat: A Historical Tool for Feeding Infants and the Elderly
![Revealing the iron corset](https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/09-2017/759890.jpg)
Steel corset National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Elizabeth McFadden, Ph.D. - Library Technician - City of Santa Barbara
![Revealing the iron corset](https://images-prod.dazeddigital.com/468/azure/dazed-prod/1130/3/1133184.jpg)
The story behind McQueen's coiled corset
![Revealing the iron corset](http://www.koshka-the-cat.com/picnic/picnic_lacing.jpg)
The Picnic Dress Corset
![Revealing the iron corset](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/38/61/4238613ecf18f97bc2f9f34b1530d056.jpg)
About Corsetry - Wilde Hunt Corsetry Corset pattern, Corset sewing pattern, Corsetry
![Revealing the iron corset](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Woman%27s_corset_figured_silk_1730-1740.jpg/1200px-Woman%27s_corset_figured_silk_1730-1740.jpg)
History of corsets - Wikipedia
![Revealing the iron corset](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ng927rvgL._AC_UY1000_.jpg)
SHAPERX Women's 26 Steel Boned Corset Short Torso Heavy Duty Waist
![Revealing the iron corset](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79VbumwNUIVgNEC5j619SWx6EBeatke3J1BLwqNmXwmOSl-E6SMjY6Z0nF14HxAI4pUKxBT5NgvN5EqjTPjIGAWLqmZ_qDlZApghI4G5alto03YAY6Kt2HfTbbcQk0mmq6NXRrggu-6EG/s1600/teens+corset.jpg)
The Laced Angel: Corsets
![Revealing the iron corset](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/d0cac3e5-2973-4030-bcce-33a9478ae980_wellcome2.jpg?w=760&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Revealing the iron corset
There are around 15 iron corsets in - Wellcome Collection
from
per adult (price varies by group size)