Cream Silk Embroidered Floral Brassiere with Pearl Buttons

Great Depression · 1930s · British

A cream silk brassiere featuring delicate floral embroidery across the cups and a wrap-style construction that crosses at the center front. The garment has thin adjustable straps and appears to fasten with mother-of-pearl buttons at the back or side. The soft cup construction lacks the rigid structure of earlier corsetry, reflecting the 1930s shift toward more natural bust shaping. The embroidered floral motifs are worked in white thread, creating subtle tonal decoration against the cream silk base. This represents the evolution of intimate apparel during the Great Depression era, when undergarments became more streamlined and practical while maintaining feminine decorative elements through delicate needlework.