suit, breeches
date: label: Date made
content: 1775-1785
notes: label: Description
content: Snuff brown silk velvet breeches, woven in a small diaper pattern; moderate-width three-button fall (fall is 53% of front width); fall has v-shaped upper edge; center button of fall is also the lower button of a three-button center front waistband closure; fall was widened by adding rectangular bindings to its vertical edges; trapezoidal velvet panels were also added to each edge of the opening under the fall; flared panels that button to the waistband at the outer corners flank the fall; each panel covers one front pocket; a third pocket is in the right side seam; one rectangular watch pocket welt is on each side of the front waistband; all five pockets are of leather; a vent at the center back waistband is spanned by a strap to the right and a white metal three-pronged rectangular buckle to the left; seat is very full full, and breeches have wide fork; 5-button opening at each knee is cut to extend below the kneeband; kneeband is extended at each end, with buttonhole in the strap at the back of the leg; all buttons are self-covered; the center front and knee buttons are flat; all other buttons are domed; the upper edge of the fall, the edges of the knee openings, the knee bands, and the back vent are faced with white linen; the waistband is lined with coarse natural-colored cotton? or linen?; trapezoidal panels under the fall are faced with coarse variegated striped silk; all linings and facings are attached with a variant of hem-stitching that goes through all layers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used in
content: United States: Maryland
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Harold Dillingham, Mrs. Baldwin Wood, Miss Alice Smith and Miss Henrietta Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.011846
label: catalog number
content: 011846
label: accession number
content: 51406
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suit, Breeches
label: Other Terms
content: Suit, Breeches; Entire Body; Main Dress; Male
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist circumferencew/o vent: 26 1/2 in; x 67.31 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall length at side: 26 3/4 in; 67.945 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall width, straight across upper edge: 8 in; x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall width along v-shaped upper edge: 9 in; x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall width, across base: 11 in; x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: fall height at outside edge: 6 in; 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: pocket welts, waistband, max: 1 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: pocket opening, right side seam: 7 in; 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cb: 2 3/4 in; 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, side: 3 3/4 in; 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cf: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: vent, cb, length: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: buttons, fall, pocket, knee: 5/8 in; x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: buttons, cf: 7/8 in; x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: seat (cb waist to crotch): 18 3/4 in; 47.625 cm
label: Measurements
content: rise (cb waist to crotch to cf): 30 3/4 in; 78.105 cm
label: Measurements
content: inseam: 19 5/8 in; 49.8475 cm
label: Measurements
content: knee--button span: 6 1/4 in; 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: knee opening, length: 9 in; 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: knee band, width: 1 1/4 in; 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: knee strap, length: 4 1/4 in; x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: tapered back strap, right cb, max: 1 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: tapered back strap, length: 6 in; x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: tapered back strap, width at narrow end: 1/2 in; 1.27 cm