breeches
date: label: Date made
content: 1795-1805
name: label: user
content: Haight, John
notes: label: Description
content: Breeches with narrow stripes of brown plain-weave and beige twill satin-weave silk; cut with moderate-width three-button fall front (left and right fall buttons are missing); three flat, self-covered buttons are at the center front waistband closing, with the lowest button doubling as the center button of the fall; the necessary overlap of the fall was achieved by adding pointed vertical strips to the left and right edges; breeches were cut with approximately 90-degree fork; waistband is pieced with diagonal seams at each side of center-back gusset; two pairs of eyelets flank the natural-colored linen center-back gusset; waistband, fall, and crotch opening under the fall are lined with natural-colored linen; four buttons (missing) were at each leg opening; both sides of each knee opening are faced with natural-colored linen; each knee is finished with a band that is 2.1 cm wide; knee band has a 8.7 cm-long tab extension and a 2-pronged buckle at the front of the leg, and a buttonhole in the kneeband, 6 cm from the back leg opening; the upper edge of the fall is top-stitched, 1.5 cm inside the edge; all outer edges are either edge-stitched or show the hem-stitching of the lining directly at the edge.
label: Description
content: These breeches were worn by John Haight in 1801, during his wedding to Elsia Thorne.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Weddings
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. William E. Dulin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.242776.001
label: catalog number
content: 242776.001
label: accession number
content: 242776
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Breeches
label: Other Terms
content: Breeches; Lower Body; Main Dress; Male
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist, without gusset: 70 cm; x 27 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall length, at side: 65.7 cm; 25 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width--straight, top edge: 28 cm; x 11 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width--across base: 33 cm; x 13 in
label: Measurements
content: fall height: 15.9 cm; 6 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cb: 4.5 cm; 1 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, side: 8.5 cm; 3 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cf: 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: gusset, cb, length at spread edge: 11.7 cm; 4 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: gusset, cb, width: 8.5 cm; x 3 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons, cf:;
label: Measurements
content: leg opening, length: 12 cm; 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: button span at leg opening: 7.3 cm; 2 7/8 in