breeches
date: label: Date made
content: 1780 - 1820
label: date made
content: 1780 - 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Tan wool or cotton corduroy breeches with moderately narrow 2-button fall front; cut with narrow legs and a moderately narrow fork; fall was widened by adding vertical strips to the left and right edges, and extra lap under the fall front was gained by adding triangular extensions along the left and right sides of the opening; three-button center-front closing, with the lowest button hidden behind the fall; flat brass with shank buttons at the center-front , fall, and knee openings; originally, there were 4 suspender buttons on the waistband, which are now missing; pocket welt in right front waistband; a pocket at each side is covered by a squared panel which fastens at the outer corner to a button on the waistband; two pairs of eyelets with a natural linen tape lace flank the self bias-cut gusset at center back of the waistband; waistband is diagonally pieced, and is lined with off-white linen; the fall is lined with tan cotton or linen twill; squared panels covering pockets are faced with heavily fulled tan wool; the pocket openings are faced with tan wool dimity; the pockets are made of coarser off-white linen; 4 flat brass with shank buttons and a pair of silk ribbon ties are at each knee; the button sides of knee opening are faced with coarse off-white linen; buttonhole sides of knee openings are faced with tan wool broadcloth, matching the linings of the pocket flaps; the upper edge of the fall and pocket flaps, and the outer edges of the pocket flaps, are top-stitched.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Mrs. Benjamin Ginsburg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.281729.002
label: catalog number
content: 281729.002
label: accession number
content: 281729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Breeches
label: Other Terms
content: Breeches; Lower Body; Main Dress; Male
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist (without gusset):;
label: Measurements
content: overall length--at side: 80 cm; 31 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width--straight, top edge: 20 cm; x 7 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width--straight, base: 19.3 cm; x 7 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: fall height: 13 cm; 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cb: 5.5 cm; 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, side: 7.2 cm; 2 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, cf: 7.8 cm; 3 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons, fall and center front: 1.8 cm; x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons, knee and side pockets: 1.5 cm; x 9/16 in