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Hunting breeches
riding breeches (hunt), made from cream woollen twill, 5 concealed brass button fastening down centre front with one larger, visible button at top, 6 brass buttons along waist for fitting braces; 2 hip slit pockets lined with white cotton tabby fabric; centre front opening lined with white linen tabby fabric, waist lined with strip of white cotton tabby fabric (cut on the bias); cotton tabby piping along upper edge of waist (bias-cut); two rectangular patches of white linen tabby fabric sandwiched under waist lining on either side of inner centre back; white chamois leather reinforcing inner knees; 14cm wide strip of finer cream woollen twill stitched to lower leg; long slit at outer calves fastened with 3 different types of mother-of-pearl buttons: 4 buttons on fine twill, 4 different buttons on coarser twill, 3rd type of button in centre between the two. In addition to button fastening, there are 2 tape ties of chamois leather attached to small brass buttons on inside just above strip of fine twill (brass buttons are covered with white cellulosic tabby woven fabric); lower section of buttons & buttonholes lined with white cotton tabby fabric, upper section lined with fine wool twill (buttonholes) / white cotton sateen (buttons); 1 further mother-of-pearl button stitched to lower inner corner of chamois leather patches.