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Scandinavian clothing bears striking similarities amongst the countries with very few distinctions. This boy's ensemble, pictures here with a complete girl's ensemble is distinctive to Norway for its darker color palette than neighboring Sweden and Denmark.
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Title: Ensemble
Date: 1890–1905
Culture: Norwegian
Medium: wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Length at CB (a): 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Length at CB (b): 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Length at CB (c): 15 in. (38.1 cm)
(d): 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Main dress-Childrenswear
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Elise Hansen Silljan, 1909
Object Number: 2009.300.2269a–d
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