Figure 1.--This English ambrotype shows a boy about 7 years old wearing a tunic. Notice the colored highlight stripping. I am not ure if that was ribbon or velvet. This boy wears his tunic with a large white collar and bow. We do not know if the collar has pointefd or rounded collars. The ambtotype format probably dates the image to the late 1850s, although the early 60s is possible. Click on the image to see a colorized recreation and a discussion of the image here. Image courtesy of the BP collection.

We have only limited information on styling at this time. Our archive is too limited to develop this tpoic to any extent at this time. The tunics worn in the early- and mid-19th century were destinctive to those worn at the turn of the 20th century. Our information on styling is still limited. We know relatively little about tunics in the early 19th century before the development of photography. We note quite a range of styles at the mid-19th century. We see some tunics that were very plain andothers that had detailing such as highighted colored strips. Tunics were worn with and without belts. At the turn of the 20th century we see tunics like the Buster Brown suits worn in America. Both the sailor style and Russian blouse style were popular.

Created: 10:29 PM 2/9/2007
Last updated: 7:35 PM 2/11/2007