children's clothing

    Silk plaid girl's party dress- circa 1860-70.      

  Back under bodice for plaid dress- May have been used to update the dress at later time, possibly 1880s.

Front under bodice for plaid dress. combination hand and machine sewn.

  Sleeve detail of under bodice.

   Boys wool winter tunic dress- circa 1850-65. Side front view.

    Boys wool winter tunic dress-Back.

  Boys wool winter tunic dress- Front.  Hand-sewn.

  Front girls calico dress- circa 1855-65. Hand sewn.   

Back girls calico dress.

   Front muslin child's dress- circa 1840-65. Hand sewn.

Back muslin child's dress.

Front child's silk plaid dress- circa 1860-70. Possibly for a little boy.

Back child's silk plaid dress. Hand sewn, Silk covered tassels on front and silk covered buttons on back.

Girl's 1870-80 wool dress with soutache trim. Hand & machine sewn.

Back girl's wool dress. 

Trim detail on bottom of skirt and tail of the bow. Notice they are different. The same trim design on the tail is on the sleeve.