So here’s the mystery: this type of gown (worn by Queen Victoria here) is supposedly (according to this source) understood in America as a “Boston dress.”
However, I can’t discover any type of other confirmation (other than that book of paper dolls linked above) of this term. anybody want to take a shot at seeing if it’s in any type of of the full-text newspaper databases? Or JSTOR? Or Making of America?
The person with the oldest printed citation/example will get a copy of the Victoria as well as Albert Paper Dolls book (not a copy of the Winterhalter portrait, sadly).
Have fun looking!
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