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ID: 300411742
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300411742

 

Record Type: concept
plus fours (knickerbockers, breeches (trousers), ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A type of full, baggy knickerbocker, typically worn for field sports, especially golf. The name connotes the length of the pants leg that extends 4 inches below the knee. These were popularized in the 1920s and remained in fashion until the late 1930s.
 
Terms:
plus fours (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
plus four (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
plusfour (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
plusfours (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
plus-fours (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
plus-four (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
plus 4 (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.TE

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Costume (hierarchy name)
........ Costume (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of costume (mode of fashion)
............ costume (mode of fashion) (G)
Hierarchy of clothing
................ clothing (G)
Hierarchy of main garments
.................... main garments (G)
Hierarchy of <main garments for the lower body>
........................ <main garments for the lower body> (G)
Hierarchy of trousers
............................ trousers (G)
Hierarchy of breeches (trousers)
................................ breeches (trousers) (G)
Hierarchy of knickerbockers
.................................... knickerbockers (G)
Hierarchy of plus fours
........................................ plus fours (P,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Wijde pofbroek, tot over de knie vallend en sluitend om het been, voornamelijk gedragen door mannen. Aanvankelijk sportkleding, met name golf. Vanaf jaren 1860, maar voornamelijk gedragen in de jaren '20 en '30. 

Sources and Contributors:
plus 4............  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
plusfour............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.................  Visuele Thesaurus voor Mode & Kostuums
plus-four............  [VP]
....................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
plus four............  [VP]
....................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
plus fours............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......................  Mankey Calasibetta, C., Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion. (Tweede druk, New York 1998) 419
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.......................  Personal Communication term suggested by consultants at outside review 5/92
.......................  Visuele Thesaurus voor Mode & Kostuums
plusfours............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
....................  Cumming, V., et al., Dictionary of Fashion History. (Oxford 2010)
....................  Lewandowski, Complete Costume Dictionary (2011)
....................  WNT: Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal (1882-1998)
plus-fours............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.......... Visuele Thesaurus voor Mode & Kostuums
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... Cumming, V., et al., Dictionary of Fashion History. (Oxford 2010)

 

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