Victorian Blue Velvet Sleeveless BodiceLadies waistcoat, or vest circa 1880s. This is a very unique and interesting piece, so I am not entirely certain what it would have been called at the time it was made. I have seen the term "corsage" used in print as late as the 1880s, but it was a term more frequently used earlier to refer to what we now call "swiss waists." Lined and boned all around. Silk inner grosgrain belt with single hook and eye closure. Hook and eye and hook and thread