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20th June 17, 05:30 AM
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Article from yesterday's Scotsman.
And here's the coat with a piece of Wilsons' c1830-40 Culloden Taran aligned against it. Wilson's must have had access to the coat to copy it. That or the coat is later and made from Wilsons' material.
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20th June 17, 06:35 AM
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 Originally Posted by figheadair
Article from yesterday's Scotsman.
And here's the coat with a piece of Wilsons' c1830-40 Culloden Taran aligned against it. Wilson's must have had access to the coat to copy it. That or the coat is later and made from Wilsons' material.
Peter,
Of the two possibilities that you mentioned, I believe the first one is correct. From your book on Wilson's pattern book, I think it was made clear that Wilson's sometimes copied older, country-woven 18th c. tartans, and that's what I expect they did in this case. Although the second possibility (that the coat was made later during the Highland Revival period from Wilson's pre-existing tartan) is not beyond the realm of probability, I believe the coat to be an 18th c. one (all the details are correct for that period) and that Wilson's copied the cloth.
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16th July 17, 02:25 AM
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I had an opportunity to have a look at the coat earlier this week. All the buttons are missing and it looks as though it may have been altered at a later date, perhaps during the Highland Revival era. There is something about the cut of the collar and the way that the velvet cuffs hide the original button openings that don't look original.
Interestingly, it is described as a Frock Coat which seems wrong for this style of Highland coat.
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17th July 17, 03:48 AM
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Oh, wow, so the lapels were added on later, that is so interesting, namely because I have done that from time to time with different reenactment coats, as some regiments (Royal Highland Regiment to be exact) went from single breasted to lapelled during their time of service here in North America.
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17th July 17, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Luke MacGillie
Oh, wow, so the lapels were added on later, that is so interesting, namely because I have done that from time to time with different reenactment coats, as some regiments (Royal Highland Regiment to be exact) went from single breasted to lapelled during their time of service here in North America.
That's certainly the view of costume experts I've discussed this coat with. The cuffs too are thought to be later, otherwise the opening of the original marine cuffs would have been included had the velvet been contemporary.
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21st September 17, 10:57 PM
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The coat is now online and can be rotated to see the whole garment – see here.
The same can be done with the suit that belonged to Sir John Hynde Cotton.
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