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Hoop Rendered by Mae Szilvasy watercolor and graphite on paperboard, 38.8 x 31 cm (15 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.) Index of American Design 1943.8.1238 |
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This is an example of a cage-hoop used underneath a skirt to provide fullness at the back of a woman's dress. Dated about 1865, it is made of half circles of reeds or whalebone riveted to bands of heavy linen tape. It is fastened at the waist with a steel buckle.
An important effect of the hoop was the graceful, swinging motion it gave to a woman's skirt as she walked.
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