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Italian boys clothes family families unidentified Solarussa family
Unidentified Solarussa Family (Sardinia, 1920s)
Figure 1.--This Italian family portrait photo was taken in Solarussa, central Sardinia. It is undated, but may have been taken in the 1920s, perhaos even the 1930. We can see the parents and at leas two daughters. We are not sure if the vbabybis a boy or girl. Father's headwear is interesting. We are not sure what it was called. An Italian reader tells us, "It was the traditional Sardinian cap. Somewhere there was something similar, but not the same." We believe we have seen this style in medievalpaintungs, but don't know much about it. Mother and the daughters wear head sacrves. This long established convention disappeared very quickly after Workd War II. The baby wears a bonnet. We are not sure why. The giels are basically dressed like mother in ols fashiined jackers, blouses and skirts. They all seem to be barefoot. Wea re not sure about mother.
This Italian family portrait photo was taken in Solarussa, central Sardinia (figure 1). It is undated, but may have been taken in the 1920s, perhaos even the 1930. We can see the parents and at leas two daughters. We are not sure if the vbabybis a boy or girl. Father's headwear is interesting. We are not sure what it was called. An Italian reader tells us, "It was the traditional Sardinian cap. Somewhere there was something similar, but not the same." We believe we have seen this style in medieval paintings, but don't know much about it. It seems to have been called a chaperon--although they were sone in many different styles. Mother and the daughters wear head sacrves. This long established convention disappeared very quickly after Workd War II. The baby wears a bonnet. We are not sure why. The giels are basically dressed like mother in ols fashiined jackers, blouses and skirts. They all seem to be barefoot. We are not sure about mother.
