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Pair of boy's breeches
Pair of children's drawers or trousers
Pair of boy's breeches
American
mid 1820s to 1830s
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, cotton twill tape, ceramic buttons
Dimensions
64 x 58.8 cm (25 3/16 x 23 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number51.381
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPair of children's drawers or trousers with sleeveless waist with four-button closure at back, tape shoulder straps, arm and neck openings reinforced with tape, gathered below waistband in front but most of fullness in back flap which buttons at sides; white ceramic buttons; threads at bottom of pants legs from original hemline.
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1951