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We still see American boys wearing Fauntleroy suits in the 1900s decade, but mostly fewer and mostly very young boys. We have some information on the ages of boys wearing Fauntleroy suits. But there were still some school-age boy wearing them, but not to school. This boy looks to be about 7-years old. The portrait is not dated, but the mountsuggests he 1900s decade. he studio was Ehm in Brooklyn, New York. A reader writes, " I agree with you that the boy appears to be 7 or 8 years old to me. It is definitely a studio portrait and given the elaborate set, a high-class one. Which is confirmed by the Broadway address (708 7/8-710). The velvet or velveteen jacket appears to have decorative patches on sleeves above the blouse's cuffs. [HBC is doubtful about this. Many of these Fauntleroy jackets had embroidery done in the same dark color as the jacket and thus difficult to see in photographs, but not usually on the sleves. We do see what looks to us to be folds in sleeve.) His part in the middle of his head reminds me of Alfalfa from the 'Little Rascals' but that is too late of an era. The blouse and cuffs have eyelet lace a part of te huge ruffled collarg. The collar is huge extending beyond the boy's shoulders and the matching front placket practically obscures his short cut away jacket. The cuffs of the blouse match the placket and collar. He is obviously wearing a blouse rather than a waist by the way the blouse blouses at the bottom. The plaid floppy bow is very large and catches one's eye as soon as looking at the boy. His jacket seems to be the Eton or Fauntleroy type without a lapel but that is only a guess. Furthermore, it appears to be black and made of velvet or velveteen from the image. Surprisingly, the trousers do not appear to be of the same material. The knee trousers appear to be wool of some sort and slightly lighter in color than the jacket. It is hard to make out but there are three possibly four buttons by the knee on the side of the trousers. His stockings appear to be either very fine wool or silk and are black similar to the jacket and darker appearing than the trousers. He is wearing highly polished over the calf high-top shoes with patent leather parts where the shoe meets the sole but not on the fastening part of the shoe that covers the ankles. There are some catalogues from that era that show shoes like that. I think the shoes are laced due to the boy's left shoe that faces us appears to have laces but that could be an image distortion. The boy also holds a cane which he displays with some swagger."
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