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DEACESSIONED June 26, 2014
Boy's trousers
Possibly Austrian
1880–85
Object Place: Austria
Medium/Technique
Embroidered wool
Dimensions
38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John P. Bainbridge
Accession Number60.1503
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBoy's trousers, tan wool flannel, embroidered with tan silk threads in floral design on front and back of waistband and sides of legs. Scalloped and edged with buttonhole stitch on bottoms of legs. Sic darts at front and back. Three gilt metal buttons at outside bottom of each leg. Two front interior pockets. Condition good except for small areas of wear or insect damage. Worn by donor's husband as a child.
Provenance1960, gift of Mrs. John P. Bainbridge to the MFA (Accession date: December 14, 1960); June 25, 2014, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Augusta Auctions, Bellows Falls, VT.