Support, torso
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- OBJECT TYPE
- corset
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0100.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Slawner, J.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Off-white cotton corset has blue-grey lacings and elastic inserts; silver metal snap and eye-and-hook closures. Wide silver metal "ribs" encased in corset provide rigid form; exposed ends of metal ribs have off-white synthetic covering. Off-white elastic straps and fittings.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 54.5 cm
- Width
- 29.0 cm
- Height
- 6.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Assistive technologies
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Slawner
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Corset made by J. Slawner [company] in Montreal, PQ, one of the largest and best-known manufacturers of orthopedic appliances in Canada since late 1950s. Corset worn as part of 1st series of orthopedic devices made for Mario Fagnan, then 9 years old. - Function
-
To protect and provide physical support to the wearer's torso. - Technical
-
Example of torso support of type commonly worn by polio victims before mid-1960s. They were made of cotton or other fabrics, re-reinforced with metal: relatively bulky, heavy and capable of limited adjustment, supports like this were replaced by moulded synthetic corsets custom-made for each wearer. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Tag sewn inside left seam reads "J.Slawner/ ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCES/ MONTREAL, QUE." "MARIO/ FAGNAN" printed by hand in black ink on inside of left suspension strap. "PATENTED" stamped into one left side buckle. "UNITED/ CARR" incised on snap backs.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Off-white cotton corset has blue-grey lacings and elastic inserts; silver metal snap and eye-and-hook closures. Wide silver metal "ribs" encased in corset provide rigid form; exposed ends of metal ribs have off-white synthetic covering. Off-white elastic straps and fittings.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Slawner, J., Support, torso, 1965, Artifact no. 2004.0100, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0100.001/
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