Wool Breeches

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Oklahoma National Guard Museum

Name/Title

Wool Breeches

Entry/Object ID

2005.021.003

Description

M1917 wool breeches- enlisted man. It has two front slit pockets and an adjustment strap in the back along with belt loops and a button fly. All the seams are double stitched in the same color thread as the wool fabric of the breeches/trousers and no synthetic fabric or threads are used in its construction. The breeches are not widely flared and are semi-breeches with a tapered laced leg and reinforced inner thighs.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1917

Time Period

20th Century, World War One

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Breeches

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pants

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Width

19 in

Length

43 in