How can you tell if baby clothing is vintage or antique?

What an interesting question!

My understanding of the terms is that antique refers to items over 100 years old. Vintage is less than 100 years old, and by its appearance (fabric, trims, style, etc., can be placed to being originally constructed during a particular past time period (for example 1940's)

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Whether they are vintage or antique, we'd love to see some pictures of the baby clothes.

Typically anything "vintage" is 50 years old or older and "antique" is 100 years old or more. How cool that! Would love to see your collection. Both my parents and grandparents were born in Europe and I have none of that from any of them. You are very lucky! Take care of them and hang onto them.

most 'antique' would be totally hand made --- hems hand stitched, 100% cotton material; natural bone, ivory or wooded buttons -- no zippers; muted/faded colors; no 'theme' patterns ( bunnies, kittens, etc. ) - some florals, plaids, stripes on a natural muslin fabric; faded; WASH ONLY if necessary ...and don't use anything but clear cold water -- wash by hand -- gently squeezing water thru material -- no not 'twist' or 'wring' lay flat on towels or a screen dryer -- air dry .. no 'fabric softener'; store in white archival tissue paper, laid flat -- do NOT iron.

button holes hand stitched; lace/crochet work hand done. Boys clothes - wool or heavy weight cottons but wools more common -- or cotton corduroy -- 'denim' was not invented until the middle of the 1800's ...

Vintage would be more current materials, machine stitching, some synthetic materials and more modern prints; plastic buttons, snaps, rivets, zippers, But they may still have value as collector pieces or doll clothes...

again, wash only by hand, in cold water.

If the items are obviously old, what does it matter what they are called?Vintage is a tagword for old;so is antique.

Would also love to see some pictures! As one of the previous commenters said, I do not have any reminders if my great-grandparents. Also, what a great question to ask in HomeTalk-- very unique and interesting!

I have no one to leave these to so sent a message to a far away cousin to see if they wanted them. They responded that they "wanted ONLY the antiques". Seems kind of a paltry issue to me cause anything that came down through family lines is precious to me... SMH Anyway, if they are not 'authentic antiques' there is no reason to send them and I can find someone else who might want them.

You are very helpful. will check Threads... The museum, where i live is very picky about taking only items that were used kept by families who lived in the county which i did , nor did my ancestors live here. i plan to check the county where the family farm is located also now that you mention it! Thanks you very much! When I get my computer to upload my pictures I will try to post them... Thank you again!

Perhaps you are confusing the meaning of vintage with the meaning of retro? The word vintage itself is of French origin, taken from winemaking, and means high-quality wines of specific vintage years. In fashion, vintage also means high-quality and unique things characteristic of a particular era. Vintage clothing can not be younger than twenty years and not older than sixty-eighty years. All clothing under the age of twenty years is considered modern, as anyone can buy modern clothes online using services like https://luxkidz.dk/tilbud . Vintage clothing should be unique in its own way, reflect the style of a particular time, express the style and trend of fashion.

Methinks, these concepts are similar. It is very difficult to draw a clear line between them. Probably, yall wrote correctly about the age of things. This is the main criterion. I found some interesting information about it. An antique wardrobe is not designed for daily wear, as it's too fragile for this. Vintage clothing implies daily wear. By the way, now the vintage style is considered trendy. I wonder why vintage clothes are almost impossible to find on modern websites such as shaking or kamelino.ro. I would hella like to buy such clothes for my daughter. She would have snatched outfits.