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European Silk Breeches

c. 1710(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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English Velvet Suit Breeches

c. 1725 - 1750(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Silk Breeches

c. 1740(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Silk Breeches

c. 1740(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Silk Breeches

c. 1740(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Breeches c. 1740

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Silk Breeches Owned by Virginian John Blair

c. 1750 - 1760(Colonial Williamsburg)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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American Cotton, Wool, & Linen Breeches

c. 1750 - 1810(Winterthur)

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Cotton & Silk Boys Breeches

1758(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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European Breeches

2nd Half 18th Century(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Wool Breeches worn by Daniel Arnold as a Child

c. 1761(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American or English White Dimity Breeches

c. 1765 - 1785(Colonial Williamsburg)

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English Breeches from a Silk Suitc. 1765 - 1790

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Silk Breeches Lined with Shalloonc. 1765 - 1775

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English Breeches from a Silk Wedding Suit

c. 1770(National Trust)

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Silk Velvet Breeches

c. 1770(Ham House, Surrey)

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American or European Cotton Breeches

c. 1770(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American or European Cotton Breeches

c. 1770(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Natural Tabby Weave Cotton Breeches from the Tazwell Family of Virginiac. 1770 - 1810

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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THE BATTLE ROYAL, or Who wears the Breeches.

by W. Humphry 1774(Lewis Walpole Library)

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THE BATTLE ROYAL, or Who wears the Breeches.

by W. Humphry 1774(Lewis Walpole Library)

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America Boys Tabby Linen Breechesc. 1775

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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English Cotton Breeches

c. 1775 - 1810(Winterthur)

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English Silk & Cotton Breeches

c. 1775 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English Silk & Cotton Breeches

c. 1775 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English Silk & Cotton Breeches

c. 1775 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English Silk & Cotton Breeches

c. 1775 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English Silk & Cotton Breeches

c. 1775 - 1800(Winterthur)

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American or European (Silk?) Breeches

c. 1775 - 1825(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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English Silk Breeches (Part of a Suit)

c. 1780(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Cotton Breeches from Virginiac. 1780

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Virginian Cotton Breechesc. 1785

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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French (Silk?) Breeches

c. 1787 - 1789(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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French (Silk?) Breeches

c. 1787 - 1789(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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English Green Silk Breeches

c. 1789(Chawton House)

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American or European Wool Breeches

18th Century(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American or European Wool Breeches

18th Century(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American or European Silk Breeches

18th Century(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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French Breeches

18th Century(Honolulu Museum of Art)

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A Pair of Linen Breeches18th Century

(Dunlap)

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Silk BreechesLate 18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Silk BreechesLate 18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Silk BreechesLate 18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Wool Twill & Linen Breeches

18th - Early 19th Century(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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Metal Gartering

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Silk Gartering

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Breeches from the Middleton Family

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Garter Detail

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Breeches Rear Buckle Closure Detail

(Winterthur - Photograph Courtesy Neal Hurst)

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Breeches Rear Buckle Closure Detail

(Winterthur - Photograph Courtesy Neal Hurst)

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Breeches Rear Buckle Closure Detail

(Winterthur - Photograph Courtesy Neal Hurst)

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Silver Knee BucklesMarked I P

18th Century

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French Si;ver Knee Bucklesby Francois Delapierre

c. 1762 = 1768

(Victoria & Albert)

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Gold Knee Bucklesby John Rich

c. 1780(Victoria & Albert)

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American Pewter & Brass Knee Buckle18th Century

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)

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American Steel Knee Buckle18th Century

(Philadelphia Museum of Art)

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Knee BucklesMid 18th Century

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English Knee Bucklec. 1770

(Victoria & Albert)

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Silver Silver Knee Bucklec. 1770

(Victoria & Albert)

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American Silver Knee Bucklesc. 1730 - 1775

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Silver Knee Bucklesc. 1730 - 1775

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Silver Knee Bucklesc. 1730 - 1775

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Silver Knee Bucklec. 1730 - 1775

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Silver Knee Buckles Marked S.A.c. 1770 - 1800

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Knee Buckle Excavated at Fort Stanwix(Fort Stanwix, National Park Service)

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Buckskin Breeches18th Century

(Valley Forge National Historic Park)

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Leather Breeches said to have been worn by Thomas Miner (1751-1781) of Groton, Connecticut,When he was killed at Fort Griswold, New London, on 6 September 1781.

(Connecticut History Society)

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Leather Breeches said to have been worn by Thomas Miner (1751-1781) of Groton, Connecticut,When he was killed at Fort Griswold, New London, on 6 September 1781.

(Connecticut History Society)

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Buff Leather Breaches Owned by Jacob Schieffelin c. 1780

(Fort Ticonderoga)

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Buff Leather Breaches18th Century

(Private Collection)

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Buff Leather Breaches18th Century

(Private Collection)

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Buff Leather Breaches18th Century

(Private Collection)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(The British Museum)

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English Receipt18th Century

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card1757

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(Lewis Walpole Library)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Cardc. 1750

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card1759

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card1759

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(The British Museum)

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English Trade Card18th Century

(The British Museum)

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London Advertisement 1775

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Linen Gaitered Trousers or Overallsc. 1793

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Linen Gaitered Trousers or Overallsc. 1793

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Linen Gaitered Trousers or Overallsc. 1793

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Linen Gaitered Trousers or Overallsc. 1793

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Leather Trousers18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Leather Trousers18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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