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Costume Breeches

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1876-1900

GUSN

GUSN-7287

Description

Brown velveteen; button fly front; three gilt buttons at leg opening t side (same buttons as on waistcoat); fully lined with cream cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

breeches (trousers)
cotton (textile)
stitching
velveteen
fancy dress
Pants
Breeches
Breeches

Label

In exhibit at The Long Island Museum, Long Island, New York: "Improving the Past, The Colonial Revival on Long Island" from April 26, 2001 - November 18, 2001.

Inscription

Pencil notes in file: 1) ""Pere Cot's New Bedford Costume"". 2) (in script:) ""Pater's New Bedford Costumes"".

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7142.4

Related Items

Title Suit Accession Number 1969.7143.1-3

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