19th Century Mid Child’s Red Leather Shoes, American. Bow decoration on fronts.via Metropolitan Museum New York City, U.S.A. metmuseum.org
1812 December Mother and Child, English. Mother in a pink Pelisse, or Walking Dress, of Merino wool with an embroidered front and frogs and tassels to fasten it. Waist is of a moderate length and there is an elegant figured belt and tassels. Tight long sleeves finish at the cuff with embroidery, like the stand-up collar. York tan gloves and half-boots, small straw turned up hat with two short ostrich feathers. Child wears a blue and white suit and both wearing adorable hats.
Fashion Plate via John Belle’s La Belle Assemblée or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine, London. The child is not mentioned in the description. ‘This truly elegant and fashionable order of promenade costume was furnished by Mr. S. Clark, Ladies Pelisse and Habit Maker, No. 37 Golden Square, whose taste in articles of this description has been so generally admired.’
1770-1790 ca. Child’s Stays, American. Linen plain weave, baleen, or whalebone, silk braided tape. Dimensions: Center Front Length: 5 3/4 inches (14.6 cm) Waist: 18 inches (45.7 cm). Made in United States of America. This pair of stays is only eighteen inches around, and might have been worn by a small child of eighteen months to two years old. Putting stays on young girls and boys was not seen as harsh, but rather as insurance that their figures would develop the correct form, with chest out and shoulders down. While boys usually wore stays only in early childhood, they were considered essential for females throughout their lives. via Philadelphia Museum of Art philamuseum.org Accession Number: 1988-15-1 Credit Line: Purchased with the Bloomfield Moore Fund, 198
1826 Harrow Boys Having Fun Smashing Crockery. Regency Family Life. Photo Editing By Suzi Love.
From: 1826 The English Spy By Robert Cruikshank via Google Books (PD-150)
1810 Man’s Suit and Girl’s Dress, Portugal. Man’s purple pleated silk jacket, vest, and breeches embroidered with silk threads. Girl: White silk tulle dress embroidered with silk threads and an overdress of yellow cotton satin. via National Costume Museum, Portugal. The sort of men’s formal clothing worn for court and typical girl’s dress as worn in Jane Austen’s times.
