A charming Borsikke from Marken, The Netherlands with two different lovely French printed cottons in delicious colours. There is a piece of Turkey Red to the front of the jacket. My guess is this area wore, with the baby dribbling and dropping food to the front, so it was replaced at a later date with this late 19th c piece. Likewise the brown neck edging is right, but the red and white edging to the lower part could have been replaced in the later 19th c. One can see on small areas the French hand block print was originally glazed.
The front with round neck edged in brown and cream braid, the front panel with a replacement Turkey Red panel flanked by the original French hand block printed cotton, with birds hovering above baskets of flowers. with roses and tulips, a lower border with a different printed cotton with striped design, with the back opening with longer tabs to the lower part, edged with red and white braid.
From shoulder to lower tab 12 in; 32 cm
Very good apart from a small darn to each cuff in red cotton.
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