Boy's Pants

Original OwnerPossibly owned by Geer family (American)

Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by Avery family (American)

Clothing MakerMade by Unknown

Dateabout 1900

MediumMachine-stitched cotton, with horn buttons

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width across bottom): 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineGift of the estate of Amos Geer Avery

Object number1998.80.23

DescriptionBoy's short pants of purple and white striped, twill-woven cotton. The shorts are smooth across the front and back and have no waistband, but a 1 1/2-inch-wide lining of twill-woven, white cotton around the top edge. This lining is doubled, with one side stitched flush to the shorts. The other side has buttonholes for fastening the shorts to the shirt; it is stitched in a scalloped pattern around the buttonholes. The pants are open on each side for about two inches and fasten with a horn button at the waist. There is an on-seam pocket on each side. The lower legs are decorated with three horn buttons on the side seam. There is an opening in the lower front crotch seam, covered by a flap on the inside, in place of a fly. The pocket bags are plain white cotton.

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