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Almost all of these collar buttoning jckets are cut short with instead of lapels, a single vertical column of buttons like the jacket the boy on the previous page is waering. There were a range of stylistic differences, but the basic chracterustic was a a short jacket, collar button, vertical column of buttons, and a varied array of pockets. There may or may not have been pockets, but there usually were. This included both breast and side pockets. There were both regular and flap pockets. The suit the boy on the previous wearing does not seem to have any pockets. Most like the boy's suit here had pockets (figure 1). Some may have had collars, but thus is often difficult to tell, because they were commonly worn with large detachable collars covering up the top of the jacket. This was especially the case during the Fauleroy Craze of the 1880s asnd 90s. Here while collars and neckwear were still relastively small, we can see that there was no collar (figure 1). We note one example of the jacket done with double button collums looking like a double-breasted jacket. This was not very common. It is the only such example we have found. We have not yet found an American example. We are not sure how to date it. The dealer suggests the late-1880s.
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