How amazing is this?! So much talent and patience!
“Iron bodice, corset style, made from shaped pieces of metal, square and round cutouts creating a mesh effect. Hinged at sides. One side of corset detached. Lacing holes around lower edge of corset.”
18th century (made)
Straight from the V&A’s website. Please take up any complaints with them.
Another peacock, photographed on a farm in Cornwall earlier this summer. Peacocks are the most majestic birds with their fabulous colours and a perfect subject for inspiration pictures, I love the stone building in the background with the apple tree, the epitome of the English country manor house.
