* American boys' shirts : 1850s elements collars








American 1850s Shirt Elements: Collars


Figure 1.-- This ruby glass Ambrotype shows two unidentified boys, presumably brothers. One of their shirts looks to have a detacble collar. The other seems to have an attached collars. The Ambro is undated, but was probably taken 1855-60.

Shirts with small collars seem the dominant type at mid-century, but we do see some larger collars as well. The collars here seem on the larger side of the collars popular at the time. We notice both attached and detachable collars. The collars were mostly part of the shirt and not detachable, an inovation that appeared at the end of the 1840s and was grew in popularity. It is not always possible, however, to detect detachable collars from available photographs. We note many collars done in white even with colored and patterned shirts. These collars in white may be detachable collars even though some are relatively small. We are not yet sure about this. White collar of course would be easier to wash. We note collars in a range of styles. We see mostly pointed collars, inclusing Eton styles. We see some rounded collars. Most shirts buttoned at the collar. The shits worn here were a less common style.







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