Navy collar
Clothes for Children
Inventory number
2018.2.28.11.CC.OT.C1950.GB
Author:
Nelson Portsmouth (British, 20th century)
Description
Detachable navy collar for a child, blue color with three white stripes on the front, and white on the back
With the primp, the blue collar is the other symbol of French sailors. Following a law of the King Louis XIV, who imposed the sailors to keep their hair long, worn in "catogan" (ponytail) they used to coat their hair with tallow. So in order to not to soil the uniforms, sailors adopt a removable collar that could easily be detached and washed..
Material
cotton
Origin
circa 1950
Great Britain