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Younger boys in the 19th century commonly wore dresses. This practice was fairly standard throughout Europe dating from medieval times when dresses first began appearing. We do not have mich information on Swedish dresses at this time. We do not have much information on the prevalence of this convention in Sweden. In America and Britain this conventioin began to shift to kilt suits, a process set in motion by Queen Victoria because of her love for all thing Scottish (mid-19th century). This shift, however, was less pronoubced on the Continent and we see fewer kilt outfits there. We have one family CDV portrait dating from the 1880s or 90s. The family is not identified, but we know thatvthey lived in Skurup, a market town in souther Sweden. The family had two children about 4-7 years old. We see a girl and who kooks like her younger brother. They are wearing very similar dresses with matching petticoats. .
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