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Many Fauntleroy suits were decorated with appliqué and embroidered designs. Some Fauntleroy suits were decorated rather like Zouave suits. Almost always these decorated suits were the classic Fauntleroy suits with cut-away jackets. Often the embroidery does not show in the available photographs. This is because the embroidery was often done in muted tones. We commonly see black or very dark embroidery on black suits. Often the same color was used on other dark suits such as bugandy, deep blue, and frest green. The embroidery is often very elaborate so it seems rather strange that mothers would want it done in the same color because it was not very prominant. Very rarely do we find the dark velvet suits with contrasting-colored embroidery. We know more about the embroidery from the lighter-colored summer suits. These suits did sometimes have embroidery done in contrasting colors. The most elaborate embroidery was usually on the jacket, but the pants often had matching embroidery. The embroidery styles was often rather like the fancy embroidery on 19th century military uniforms. The embroidery stles may have had names, but we have not yet been able to find information explaining the different styles.
Some Fauntleroy cut-away jsckets were decorated rather like Zouave suits. Here we see a gooexample (figure 1). A reader writes, "This is a very interesting photo. I'm not sure that 'embroidery' is quite the right term here although I'm not totally sure. What is unusual is the application to the material of the suit of decorative 'frogs' (a sort of cord loop) that imitate the military decorations on the uniforms of hussars, members of military bands, and the like. Such embellishments, I think, are sometimes referred to as "appliqué". Anyway, I would say that the decorations are definitely military in origin."
There were many Fauntleroy cut=away jackets done with embroidered designs. There were quite a number of dufferent designs that were used. Often the embroidery does not show in the available photographs. This is because the embroidery was often done in muted tones. We do not know if different embroidered designs were used in light and dark suits. We commonly see black or very dark embroidery on black suits. Often the same color was used on other dark suits such as bugandy, deep blue, and frest green. The embroidery is often very elaborate so it seems rather strange that mothers would want it done in the same color because it was not very prominant. Very rarely do we find the dark velvet suits with contrasting-colored embroidery. We know more about the embroidery from the lighter-colored summer suits. These suits did sometimes have embroidery done in contrasting colors. The most elaborate embroidery was usually on the jacket, but the pants often had matching embroidery. The embroidery styles was often rather like the fancy embroidery on 19th century military uniforms. The embroidery stles may have had names, but we have not yet been able to find information explaining the different styles of embroidery. The jacket designs were often repeated on the knee pants.
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