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American Boy Dresses: Specific Patterns--Geometric Patterns


Figure 1.-- This cabinet portrait shows a child about 3 years old wearing a print dress with geometric shapes. We are unsure about the color. There is an added lace collar. The portrait is undated, but we would guess dates to the 1880s. It was taken by Lachman in Pottsdown, Pennsylvania.

Another type of pattern was geometric shapes. This of course covers quite a wide range of different shapes. We do not see this pattern very commonly, but we have found several examples. As far as we know, these geometric pattern dresses were also worn by girls. We think this was a gender-neutral pattern, but we are not yet positive. WEe have not found enough examples to make any valid assessments.







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