THE HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COSTUME

ALBERT RACINET

THE CLASSIC WORK OF THE 19TH CENTURY

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TRADITIONAL COSTUMES OF THE 1880s




SCOTLAND

TARTAN AND THE CLANS



Lower Register

2.14 A laird of the Skenes clan, dressed in the style of the time of James VI of Scotland (later James I of England). His doublet is decorated with braid in the Spanish manner - a fashion that persisted in the Highlands long after it had died out elsewhere.

2.16 A Scottish gentleman of the Robertson clan, who lived at the Court of Louis XV, managing to successfully blend French influences with Scottish plaid.

2.19 A gentleman of the Macintosh clan, dressed for the court in a lavishly embroidered velvet coat.


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