trousers
date: label: Date made
content: 1790 - 1845
label: date made
content: 1800-1820
name: label: user
content: Dalton, Randolph
notes: label: Description
content: Unbleached cotton twill trousers with moderately narrow canted two-button fall front, flanked by three pleats at each side, and full-length legs that taper from the pleated waist to become relatively narrow at the ankle; cut with approximately 90 degree fork; sufficient lap under the fall front was gained by adding truncated trapezoidal extensions along the left and right sides of the opening, as well as by adding pointed vertical strips to the left and right edges of the fall; two-button center-front closing, with the lower button hidden by the two-button fall (when closed); four buttons (left and right, front and back waistband), for suspenders; all buttons are four-hole bone with recessed centers; there is no way (such as gussets or eyelets) to adjust the waist size; trousers originally had a side pocket set into each side seam, but the left pocket has been cut out; pockets were made of the same fabric as the trousers; very wide flared waistband is self-lined, and the fall is self-faced; the center back and inner leg seams are backstitched and overcast to control raveling; the outer leg seams are selvedges.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used in
content: United States: Virginia
label: used in
content: United States: South Carolina
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Annie Laurie Marshall
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0379.001
label: accession number
content: 1980.0379
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0379.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: trousers
label: Other Terms
content: Trousers; Lower Body; Main Dress; Male
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: waist circumference: 82 cm; x 32 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall length at side: 116 cm; 45 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width, upper edge: 13 cm; x 5 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: fall width, base of fall: 19 cm; x 7 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: fall height, center seam: 14 cm; 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, center back: 4 cm; 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, side:;
label: Measurements
content: waistband width, center front: 11 cm; x 4 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: buttons: 1.5 cm; x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: rise: 109 cm; 42 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: seat: 55 cm; 21 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: inseam: 71.5 cm; 28 1/8 in