Breeches
- Object Name:
- Breeches
- Object ID:
- 1969.014.01
- Place of Origin:
- Dunbarton, NH
- Date:
- 1775-1785
- Description:
- Breeches, Man's. Natural buckskin. Belt laced at back with buckskin. Front has three large silver buttons on waistband, pockets each side of front. Overlap buttons with two small silver buttons each side. Knee bands with small embossed, beaded silver buckles. Buttoned with six silver buttons at knees. Belonged to William Beard (1758-1838) of Dunbarton, NH.
- Material:
- Tissue
Leather
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-16 L-30 inches
- Provenance:
- Note in pocket of breeches: "Buckskin Breeches - worn by Wm. Beard, a soldier in the American Revolution. Breeches were made by his aunt. Beard was born in 1758 in Pelham or Methuen, enlisted from Dunbarton, fought at Lexington-Concord-Bunker Hill."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Cilley Stone
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