We Encircle the World: Royal Worcester Corset advertisement – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of We Encircle the World: Royal Worcester Corset advertisement. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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We Encircle the World: Royal Worcester Corset advertisement
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We Encircle the World" turns a corset's job of wrapping the body into a claim about the company's reach, a pun that suited advertisers of the period. The Royal Worcester Corset Company was based in Worcester, Massachusetts, part of a New England corsetry trade that grew into a large manufacturing business in the late 1800s. Corsets were close to standard underwear for women of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, so ads like this one sold more than a garment: they promised a fashionable silhouette and a modern, poised woman. The copy borrows the language of global commerce to flatter a very personal product.
| Original scan | 607 × 879 px |
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| Reference | 745 |
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