Figure 1.--This ruby ambrotype shows an unidentified American boy with a small ruffled collar. The portrait is undated, but was probably taken in the late-1850s or early 60s. |
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Boys at mid-century were wearing small plain collars. We are not entirely sure about the 1840s, but this was certainly the case in the 50s and 60s. Many boys had a best shirtwaist or blouse with modest-sized collars. The collars were done in different styles, uut euffled collars were certainly one of the popular styles. We assume the ruffles were a style for best wear. The rulled collars were small, sometimes so small that they could rarely be seen. We have considerable chronological information because of the popularity of dags and ambros in the 1840s and 50s, although it is difficult to differentusate the 1840s and 50s dags. We have very few 40s and 50s images from Europe because dags and ambros were much less common.
A good example of a small ruffled collar is an unidentified Americam boy, we think in the 1840s. We see another unidentified American boys, we believe in the early 1850s. This new small collar size continued to be fashionable during the 1850s and 60s. We note a German boy about 1862. Collars began to grow in size durbg the 1870s, but it was not until the 1880s that really large collars became fashionable.
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