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Pair of Cycling Knickers

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-12888

Description

Brown heather wool; fall front with one button at each side; elastic at knees (with safety pin holding elastic together); seat reinforced with white cotton with blue pinstripe; gathered and pinned at center back with safety pin, one button hole in center front waist.

Details

Descriptive Terms

knickerbockers
wool (textile)
machine-made
Pants
Breeches
Knickers
Knickers

Inscription

Note: ""bicycle trousers""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6713

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