This garment is clearly a boys jacket. We would date kit to the early 19th century, perhaps about the 1830s. This is only a rough estimate give our still limited information on the early 19th century. The cloth of this little jacket is extremely fine and of a particularly pleasant hue of blue The collar and cuffs are of diagonally woven cotton and the frilling is by hand. The brass buttons are either replaced or still missing. It is lined with flnnelette. Measurements (neck to waist): 32 cm. We are not positive just what it was worn with. We note in particular the ruffled collar. This suggests to HBC that it was not worn with a blouse as there would be no need for a fancy blouse collar with the ruffled collar in the jacket. Note the matching ruffled sleeve cuff trim.
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