Wool Breech Cloth
Wool Breech Cloth
Place of OriginNorth America
Datelate 18th century
Dimensions9 × 12 1/2 × 1/8 in. (22.9 × 31.8 × 0.3 cm)
Mediumwool, silk
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number
2023.364
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 18
DescriptionThe piece is composed of a square, green, wool panel, with red, pink and yellow cotton applique, in a linear pattern.
Published ReferencesPhillips, Ruth B. and Dale Idiens, “‘A Casket of Savage Curiosities’: Eighteenth-century Objects from Northeastern North America in the Farquharson Collection,” Journal of the History of Collections, 1994, vol. 6, no. 1.
late 18th century
18th Century
late 18th century
mid 18th century
late 18th century
late 18th century
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
mid 18th century
Early to Late 15th century
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