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Trousers

ca. 1833
Not on view
As in women's apparel of the period, men's sleeves puffed at cap and balloony pants were exaggeratedly full at hip and thigh. These extreme styles, first Pickwickian, were later caricatured as dandified and effete.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Trousers
  • Date: ca. 1833
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: flax
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Irene Lewisohn and Alice L. Crowley Bequests, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.316.11
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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