breeches
date: label: Date made
content: 1785-1812
label: date made
content: 1770-1790
name: label: user
content: Nichols, Francis
notes: label: Description
content: Black silk satin breeches with a moderate-width 2-button fall; all edges of the fall and pocket panels are concave curved, giving the fall the look of a truncated, curved triangle; fully lined with tan linen, with the exception of the fall, which is lined with black twill wool; cut with a fork that exceeds 90 degrees; fall was widened by adding vertical strips to the left and right edges, and additional lap was created under the fall by adding extensions along the left and right sides of the opening; three-button center-front closing, with the lowest button hidden behind the closed fall; center front buttons and remaining fall button are flat polished jet with shanks; two remaining suspender buttons (of the original four) are also flat polished black jet with shanks; pocket welt in right front waistband; one pocket at either side of the fall is covered by a flared panel which fastened at the outer corner with a flat self-covered button (one button remains); upper edge of fall and edges of pocket panels are top-stitched; two pairs of eyelets flanking an opening at center back waistband are tied with two pieces of linen tape; five flat self-covered buttons are at each knee; the button sides of the knee openings are lined to the edge; the buttonhole sides of the knee openings are faced with black wool; each knee band is finished with a pointed tab extension of the buttonhole side, corresponding a short tab with a buttonhole at the back of the leg; knee band on button side of leg opening has rounded extension to protect leg from buckle; moderately full seat is pieced below waistband and at upper seat; pieced (or reinforced) at crotch with four quarter-round sections.
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 Whitney and Mary G. H. Ashbridge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.316364.001
label: catalog number
content: 316364.001
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: 84 cm; x 33 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall length--at side: 66 cm; 26 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width, top edge: 22.2 cm; x 8 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width, across fall base: 29 cm; x 11 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: fall height: 14 cm; 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: pocket, waistband, max: 2.8 cm x 10.5 cm; 1 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, center back: 7 cm; 2 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, side: 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, center front:;
label: Measurements
content: gusset, center back, at spread edge: 13.5 cm; 5 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons: center front, suspender: 1.7 cm; x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons: knee, side pocket: 1.2 cm; x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: rise: 85 cm; 33 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: seat: 51 cm; 20 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: inseam: 45.5 cm; 17 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: button span at leg opening: 10 cm; 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: leg opening: 18 cm; 7 1/16 in