2-888-385 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Paris Fashions for September - Boy's Dress, 1850. 'For little Boys. A blouse, either of Valencia or plain poplin, of a medium colour, forming flat plaits on the breast, and fastened close to the shoulder by a brandebourg, rather wide at the waist, and held by a belt of similar stuff, or of black varnished leather; short trousers, trimmed with English embroidery; little boots, grey pearl, and buttoned, with varnished tips ; small Scotch cravatte, and puffs of white muslin at the end of the sleeves'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.