Tintype -- Is this an ethnic costume? If so, from where?

I recently bought this small tintype through eBay. The seller said this child is probably wearing an ethnic costume. It seems that it probably is, but... I'm unfamiliar with ethnic clothing for small children. Except for the border along the jacket edges, it seems rather plain.

Does anybody have thoughts on this? I posted it to a Facebook group and one person thought maybe from the area of the Balkans?

 

I get an Eastern Europe... Slavic... maybe even Russian vibe? Sorry, hopefully somebody will recognize more... good luck!

 

My thoughts were the same as Gila's.

 

That crossed pattern reminds me of the edging on a tablecloth I was given by one of my Croatian exchange students.

 

Similar!
https://www.google.com/search?q=cro...roatian+textile+designs&imgrc=H_me21gKcYWprM:

 

I see a child dressed in a jacket trimmed with braidwork but that was a very common type of passementerie in the Victorian era. Don't see anything particularly "ethnic" about it.

Debora

 

Some more food for thought...
https://www.google.com/search?q=cro...roatian+ethnic+clothing&imgrc=iHE_Ue0E0rOJlM:

Next, maybe I'll go look for "Victorian child embroidered braided trim"

 

Here's the likeliest Victorian candidate I found... the other stuff was frilly and fussy, or little miniature suits for the boys and miniature ball-gowns for girls.
https://www.google.com/search?q=cro...ctorian+child+trim+robe&imgrc=qG42XnfWEuz6CM:

 

I'm in agreement with Debora.

 

I also agree with Debora that it is a common Victorian child's trimmed jacket. I'm not sure but believe the style of this jacket may have been called a zouave? All kinds of braiding, trims, were used during that era. Last year I posted pictures from the c1870s of my grandmother's cousins as little girls. One of them is wearing a homemade trimmed jacket and dress outfit.

3rd and 4th pics down:
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/share-your-antique-photographs-here.3620/page-2#post-50823

BTW, thank you Debora for adding a new word "passementerie" to my vocabulary. Now if only I can remember it.

Here are older Victorain girls and women in a variety of trimmed jackets.
https://www.google.com/search?q=vic...isch&q=victorian+girls+trimmed+zouave+jackets

--- Susan

 

Okay, will go with typical Victorian. I had seen the word "passementerie" before but couldn't remember what it meant. Thanks!

 

I'd blend the two origins.

Needlework patterns were shared among different countries and cultures, so I think this could easily be a jacket created in one country using a decorative pattern from Eastern Europe or Russia.

 

Reminds me of the time, when I was a teenager, I went to a Chinese-American girlfriend's house for dinner, and was surprised to see them serving lasagna, NOT Chinese food. I had to laugh at myself, and wondered if they figured I ate only tamales and nachos at home!
People can be complicated. Good one, Pat! By the way, do you eat burgers and fries every night (you're American, right?)?

 

I dont know...
It looks turkish to me, more than Balkan. But than again thez ruled here for 500 years