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THE HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COSTUME
ALBERT RACINET
THE CLASSIC WORK OF THE 19TH CENTURY
p254-255
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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