|
Robert de Broglie here in 1890 wears a black velvet jacket and contrasting vest (waistcoat), I am not sure if there is a pattern. He also wears what looks like a kilt skirt. I think it has a tartan patter, but it is a little hard to tell. I don't think kilts were very common in France, but amng wealthy families, apparently some boys wore them. A French reader tells us, "When I return to Carnavalet, I will look at this question. The painting is very big and I will be able to make out more detail than the small image here. I believe, that Robert is wearing a kilt." Our reader has provided te detailed image here (figure 1). And t show that he indeed was wearing a kilt. Unfortunately wecan't make out much detail, but it is clearly akilt. Robert alo has a small lace collar which is shaped like an Eton collarwith matching wrist trim. Princess Marguerite wears a blue velvet dress with lace trim at the neckline. The children are clearly European. An American boy would have never worn three-quarter socks like this, but always long stockings.
Navigate Related HBC pages:
[Return to the Main De Broiglie page]
[Return to the Main ordinary bio alphabetical A-B page]
[Return to the Main ordinary bio chronological 19th century page]
[Return to the Main French artist page]
[Hat]
[Parts]
[Hair styles]
[Stocks]
[Collar bows]
[Lace collars]
[Suits]
[Kilt suits]
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Introduction]
[Activities]
[Art]
[Biographies]
[Chronology]
[Clothing styles]
[Countries]
[Girls]
[Topics]
[Bibliographies]
[Contributions]
[FAQs]
[Glossaries]
[Images]
[Links]
[Registration]
[Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]