Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dress trousers
Object Number:
1949.313c
Date:
1875-1885
Medium:
Wool, metal, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 14 3/4 x 48 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 37.5 x 123.2 cm )
Description:
Black wool Naval officer's dress trousers with a stripe of gilt lacing along the side of each leg; vertical 5 button fly with a tab at the top left with 2 buttons which fasten to a strap of pin striped silk on the inside; slit right side watch pocket at the waistline, 7 buttons around the waistband, 2 buttonholes at the waistband on either side of the first left side button; waistband, fly and watch pocket lined with white silk, the hem of each leg lined with brown silk.
Gallery Label:
These trousers were worn by Naval Chief-Engineer William Leonard Nicoll (1842-1887). The Society also owns other pieces to this uniform, as well as other uniform articles worn by Nicoll.
Credit Line:
Gift of William Leonard Nicoll
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
