Model 1854 Mounted Trousers
date: label: associated date
content: 1854 - 1872
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content: 1854
notes: label: Description
content: Trousers, Army, Mounted, Enlisted Man, Model 1854, Type I.
label: Description
content: Sky blue wool twill trousers which formerly had five buttons at the fly and six buttons around the waistband. Buttons have been removed. There are two vertical slash pockets and a single watch pocket on the right side of the waist. The trousers are unlined. There is a "V" shaped slit and two eyelet holes for waist adjustment at the rear of the waistband. Waist facing and pockets are made of coarse cotton twill. "22 1 SA" is stamped at the center back right waistband facing. There is a number "5" written in red on the inside of the right pocket and there are orange/brown spots on the inside of the left pocket. The trousers are hand stitched with heavy brown thread. There is a second layer of wool kersey reinforcement covering the the inside of the seat of the pants to the bottom of the pant leg. There is a one inch slit at the bottom of the outside seam of each leg and there are two small tin buttons at each inside seam on the trouser cuff.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25101.086
label: catalog number
content: 25101.086
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Man; Army; Enlisted Man
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sky blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: coarse cotton twill (waist facing and pockets material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 30 in; 78.74 cm x 76.2 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (padded): 44 in x 14 in x 2 in; 111.76 cm x 35.56 cm x 5.08 cm