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Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
CIVIL
DRESS AT LOUISBOURG: 1713 - 1758
CHILDREN'S DRESS
BY
MONIQUE LA GRENADE
OCTOBER 1973
Report H F 16B E
Fortress of Louisbourg
ILLUSTRATIONS
[Editors Note: The images are presently unavailable. Please consult the original report at the Fortress of Louisbourg]
VARIOUS CHILDREN'S HEADDRESSES
Parents put on the newly-born this type of hood which comes down below the shoulders, to support their head, (Encyclopédie de Diderot).
This child's bonnet has a wide brim trimmed with lace and is tied with strings knotted under the chin. (Encyclopédie de Diderot).
Certain models of children's bonnets could be trimmed or embroidered. (Rodolphe Vincent, Notre costume civil et religieux. Montreal, s.do).
The baby's bonnet, which was worn up to around the age of three, has a narrower brim than the bonnet. It is tied with a ribbon fixed with a pin. (Encyclopédie de Diderot).
There also existed models of baby's bonnets knotted under the chin with ribbons. The latter is trimmed all around with a strip of ruffled material. (Robert-Lionel Séguin, Le costume civil en Nouvelle-France, Ottawa, 1968).
PAINTINGS BY CRARDIN: DRESS OF THE BOURGEOISIE
The outer appearance of the bourgeois of the 18th century is well illustrated in the paintings of Chardin. Those which are reproduced here inform us about the dress worn by children in those milieus.
little girl wearing a "fausse-robe", whose wide skirt, longer in the back, forms a train.
little girl dressed to go out, with a hooded short cape ("mantelet"). She is carrying a muff. Her clothes are the same style as those of an adult,
Little, boy in coat. His jerkin ("justaucorps") is made in the same style as those of men. His hat, which the governess is brushing, is of felt, with a wide brim folded at three points.
Plates taken from Auguste Racinet, Le costume historique (Paris, 1888).