breeches
date: label: Date made
content: 1800 - 1849
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Edward Dirks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.294367.001
label: catalog number
content: 294367.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Breeches
label: Other Terms
content: Breeches; Lower Body; Main Dress; Male
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist circumference, w/o gusset: 29 in; x 73.66 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall length at side: 20 in; 50.8 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall width, extended band, upper edge: 16 in; x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall width, upper edge w/o extensions: 15 1/2 in; 39.37 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall width, base: 18 in; x 45.72 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall height at right side binding: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: front pockets, upper opening: 6 in; x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cb: 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, side: 3 in; 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cf: 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: opening, cb waist, length: 4 1/2 in; 11.43 cm
label: Measurements
content: button, diameter, fall and knee: 5/8 in; x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: buttons, diameter, cf waistband: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: buttons, suspender: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: seat--cb waist to crotch: 15 1/2 in; 39.37 cm
label: Measurements
content: rise-cb waist to crotch to cf waist: 23 1/2 in; 59.69 cm
label: Measurements
content: inseam: 15 in; 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: knee band, width: 1/2 in; 1.27 cm