Figure 1.-- Here we see an unidentfied American boy wearing a velvet Fauntleroy kilt suit. Velvet is a rare material that we can often identify in photograhs. The cabint card portrait is undated, but looks like it was taken about 1890s to us. Notice the top curl. The boy looks to be about 4 years old. The studio was F. Green in Boston.

Many Fauntleroy kilt outfits were done in velvet. In fact, velvet is commonly assouiated with the Fauntleroy suit. This means both the jacket and matching kilt. Some of the filts were done in plaid, but nmore commonky there is matching jackets and kilt. Other materials could be used, but velvet was common. Velvet is a rare fabric that can be identified from the photographic record. We are not sure if the material in the Fautleroy kilt suits varied to any degree with regular Fauntleroy suits. The material looks basically the same to us.

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