Rare c.1920 Lot of 3 Antique
Children's Waist Suit Undergarments
Apparently Never Worn
In Excellent Condition / From a NON-SMOKING Environment
For measurements, see the photos, laid flat, with measuring stick.
Three children's underwaists in excellent condition, all from a non-smoking environment. They are in such good condition that they were probably never worn.
The two larger ones are branded "Ideal," which was sold by Sears: sizes 0 and 22, respectively. One has all 11 of its original, matching carved bone buttons. The other, likewise has all 11 of its original, matching mother-of-pearl buttons.
The small underwaist is for a baby; it is in a wrap-around "belly band" style. It has all of its original buttons in two matched sets: the four upper buttons are plastic. The three at the waist are also plastic, but in a different style (intentionally).
From an online reference source: "An underwear garment referred to a sleeveless child’s undergarment or
bodice which covered the upper body and had buttons around the waist
line for attaching other garments such as skirts, short trousers,
underpants or panties. These underwaists also had garter tabs for the
attachment of hose supporters or else had the hose supporters already
built in as part of the garment. If the garters were not already part
of the construction (as usually they were not), these underwaists had
tape loops, eyeleted tabs, or pin tubes at the sides so that separate
hose supporters could be attached at the hip."
I have attached a picture from a 1929 Sears catalog (with appreciation to the Histclo-com site), which shows various styles of children's underwaists.
- They were all apparently never worn. From a non-smoking environment.
- The two larger ones have a couple of tiny age separation holes or splits
- The Size 22, in particular, has an age split at the shoulder and some small rust stains (one with a small hole). Also, as pictured, BOTH sides are strangely missing about 1" of hem binding at the armpit. It is equal on both sides, so it would appear to be an intentional design from the factory, not a damage-type of issue.
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