Red/Orange Victorian Child's Dress (1870s)


Figure 1.--A Vintage clothing dealer tells us that a red Victorian child's dress (girl or boy) was found with other clothing that dates back to 1870- 1880. There are 24 little gold buttons in two rows down the front that are original to the dress and it is trimmed in lace around the neck, cuffs and waist. The lining is a brown flannel with a small band of brown checked silk fabric on the hem. The dress is a burnt orange cotton fabric which looked red to us.

Both girls and little boys wire dresses in the 19th century. Here we have archived a range of vintage dresses. The problem with dresses is that unless the name of the child that wore that is known, it is difficult to tell if it was for a boy or girl. This is a problem we continually face when assessing unidentified 19th century photographs. A Vintage clothing dealer tells us that a red Victorian child's dress (girl or boy) was found with other clothing that dates back to 1870- 1880. There are 24 little gold buttons in two rows down the front that are original to the dress and it is trimmed in lace around the neck, cuffs and waist. The lining is a brown flannel with a small band of brown checked silk fabric on the hem. The dress is a burnt orange cotton fabric which looked red to us. It is pleated around the bottom and has a pleat down the middle of the back. Measurements are: SLEEVE.........10" SHOULDER TO SHOULDER...............10" CHEST...............24" NECK TO HEM...............21" This looks to us as the seller suggests that could be worn by a youngfer boy as well as a girl. But there is no way of being sure about this.








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