Figure 1.--Notice the detailing on this boy's back buttoning smock. There is both emroidery and dépassant used.
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Figure 1.--Notice the detailing on this boy's back buttoning smock. There is both emroidery and dépassant used. |
Blouses came with a wide range of detailing. The Peter Pan collars, for example, could come with embroidery, piping ("liseré"), braid, smocking, or other manner of detailing. These could be used in any matter of combinations. Dépassant was once popular, but is now less used. Even lace has been used for the fancier blouses. The derailing can be aplied on the collar or cuffs as well as the front of the blouse. It can also be used around the yoke or pockets. Ruffled and lace trim has sometimes been used to set off the vertical strip of buttons on front buttoning blouses. This blouse was made in the 1950s. It is notable for the very plain collar--unusual on a back-buttoning blouse. This particular smock was size 2 years old. The same style was made up to size 5 years, with boutonning at the back. An front buttoning blouse with the same detailing was made for boys up to 8 years old. They would be worn as Sunday clothes for church or visiting relatives. Puffed sleeve blouses for younger boys were common for boys before the 1960s.
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