Figure 1.-- This tin-type portrait looks toi have been taken in the late-1860s or early-70s. Notice the obvious sailor 'V' collar, but comlete lack of stripe detailing. Rather we have fancy embroidery. Notice the boy's large hat. |
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We have only limited information about sailor suit styling in the 1860s. We do not yet have a large enough number of sailor suit images from the 1860s to know much about the styling. Sailor suits were not all that common in the 60s. We see both the "V"-front blouses and stripes being used for the detailing. But thectwo were often not combined. We do not see many traditinally styled sailor suits with three-stripe detailing. A factor here may be that actual naval uniforms were very plain without the stripe detailing. We thus see the basic V-front blouses, but done with all kinds of styling. Some of the blouses weecvery plain. Other had all kinds of embroidered designs with not naval connection. Some of the collars were done in different ciolors or with other material. The most notable observation about sailoir suits during the decade is the diversity of styling used for them. We assumec the sailor suit was an imported style from Britain, but the stylking seems destinctly American.
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