Figure 1.--Here we see an English boy (aged about 7 or 8 years old) wearing a Fauntleroy blouse. The photo was dated 1910. The boy's blouse has lace on the cuffs of the sleeves as well as on the collar and down the front opening. This was a colored blouse, but I'm not sure what color.

Here we see an English boy (aged about 7 or 8 years old) wearing a Fauntleroy blouse. The photo was dated 1910. The boy's blouse has lace on the cuffs of the sleeves as well as on the collar and down the front opening. This was a colored blouse, but I'm not sure what color. The blouse may be fastened to buttons on an underwaist or else gathered by some sort of string tie that is hidden by the blousing. The knee pants seem to be made of rather coarsely textured material or perhaps flannel (rather than the velvet for expansive suits) for a dress-up suit. Moreover, they lack the usual ornamental buttons at the hem. Notice how loosely and fully cut they are--again somewhat uncharacteristic of the traditional Fauntleroy suit. The black long stockings, of course, are consistent with such suits. Fitting so smoothly, they are probably held up by "suspenders" (the British term for hose supporters) and undoubtedly fastened to some sort of underwaist. The shoes are rather interesting also. Note the fancy buckles on the instep and the prominent tongues that make them look almost like 18th-century shoes of the sort that would have been worn with knee breeches over a century earlier. These seemed to have been more popular in England than America. In addition, the boy's haircut--with bangs but otherwise fairly short--seems worthy of remark.

Family

The family here is unidentified.

The Boy

Here we see an English boy (aged about 7 or 8 years old).

Chronology The photo was dated about 1910. The source was not precise about the photograph. It may have been taken in 1908.

Location

The photograph was taken in Norfolk

Clothing

The boy here wears a Fauntleroy blouse with kneepants and long stockings. The clothes, particularly the knee pants, have an almost home-made look, being much looser and less form-fitting than most knee pants of the period.
Blouse: The boy's blouse has lace edgeing on the cuffs of the sleeves as well as on the collar and down the front opening. This was a colored blouse, but I'm not sure what color, perhaps light blue. The blouse may be fastened to buttons on an underwaist or else gathered by some sort of string tie that is hidden by the blousing.
Knee pants: The knee pants seem to be made of rather coarsely textured material or perhaps flannel (rather than the velvet for expansive suits) for a dress-up suit. Moreover, they lack the usual ornamental buttons at the hem. Notice how loosely and fully cut they are--again somewhat uncharacteristic of the traditional Fauntleroy suit.
Long stockings: The black long stockings, of course, are consistent with such suits. Fitting so smoothly, they are probably held up by "suspenders" (the British term for hose supporters) and undoubtedly fastened to some sort of underwaist. The shoes are rather interesting also.
Buckle shoes: Note the fancy buckles on the instep and the prominent tongues that make them look almost like 18th-century shoes of the sort that would have been worn with knee breeches over a century earlier. This was a feature we have noted for dress up shoes, primarily in Britain. These seemed to have been more popular in England than America.Boys in other countries probably would have worn strap shoes.

Hair Style

The boy's haircut--with bangs but otherwise fairly short--seems worthy of remark.

Created: 10:23 PM 7/16/2006
Last updated: 10:23 PM 7/16/2006