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Suit
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Partly hand-stitched little boy's tunic made of bright red plaid wool. Top (a) - high round neckline. Tunic style with a curved front opening on the proper right beginning across the shoulder. Coat sleeves. Gored skirt. Lined with off-white PW cotton. Black velvet ribbon outlines either side of the button strip, and pairs follow the hem and cuffs. Buttons are replacements. Matching Trousers (b) - side openings, no front closure. Gathered onto the plain off-white cotton waistband, each side with 3 buttonholes. Bottoms gathered into cuffs with faceted black glass buttons, the one sewn with white thread seems original.
G2009.065ab
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Child, Male
Historic Costume
Tunic
Male
Wool
Red
1860 - 1870
2
Top - G2009.065a Bottom - G2009.065b