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

3.13 An Urquhart clanswoman draped in an arisaid - a large plaid of sufficient size to cover the wearer from head to toe. Her hair is worn in plaits.

3.15 A woman and child of the Matheson clan. The woman is wearing a striped yellow arisaid, held at the chest by a large brooch and gathered at the waist by a belt, whose end dangles down over the plaid.
    The bodice is made of scarlet material, embroidered with silver and decorated with buttons set with precious stones.

3.17- A horseman from the MacNeil clan, wearing trews. His jacket is held tightly at the waist by a belt, and needles made from deer bones keep his flat cap turned up and hold its plant badge in place.


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