Dress | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Young Boy's Dress, circa 1850-55 | This is nice, well-made example of a stylish boys garment from the period when both boys and girls wore dresses as toddlers. During this time it was considered a coming of age when boys could graduate to wearing pants. #Victorian #1850s
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1843 French Christening gown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - A christening gown this opulent must have belonged to a child from a wealthy family. And he was - this was worn by Prince Constantin Belosselsky-Belozersky, who was a member of a Russian aristocratic family. In that case, perhaps the gown was ordered in France and then sent off to Russia, since France by this point was known for its high quality of fashion.