Gauntlet/Argyll Cuff

[Highland Logan]

I'm looking for some help amongst those members who own more vintage jackets.

Namely, I hoping for photos of how your gauntlet/argyll cuffed jacket cuffs are constructed. Specifically those jackets where the cuffs are not a single piece of fabric simply just sown directly to the sleeve, but stand apart and off of the jacket.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Frank

[Tobus]

I looked through my vintage jackets, and I have three of them with gauntlet cuffs that are not simply extra material stitched to the outside of the sleeve (and a few more that are). I've taken photos of each of these three, and will post them in separate posts.

The first one is the jacket that I would consider the best made, due to the quality of the fabric and the hand stitching. You'll notice that its details are a bit different than my other two, which I will post shortly.

As you can see below, the cuff is a separate piece of material, and there's a seam at the very end of the cuff where the gauntlet attaches. It is lined between the cuff and the sleeve (using the same lining as inside the torso of the jacket, but different than the sleeve lining). The cuff has a bar stitch on the long pointy side, but the points themselves hang past the stitch. On the inside, the tweed material extends about 1.5 inches inside the sleeve before the sleeve lining starts.

[Tobus]

This is jacket #2. As you can see, there is no seam at the end of the cuff like the first one had. The gauntlet material seems to start inside the sleeve where the sleeve lining stops, and rolls around the end of the sleeve and back outside to form the cuff. But it does have lining between the cuff and sleeve (again, the same lining as inside the torso of the jacket, not the sleeve lining). The bar stitch at the points of the cuff is near the tip of the points.

[Tobus]

Here's jacket #3. Similar construction to #2, in that the gauntlet material starts inside the sleeve at the end of the sleeve lining and turns at the end of the sleeve to form the cuff. As with the others, it uses the jacket torso lining between the cuff and sleeve. The bar stitch placement is more like #1, leaving the points of the cuff a bit more free.

[Highland Logan]

Tobus, thanks for all the photos and for taking the time to do this for me.

The reason for the request will come up in a future thread.

Frank

[McCracken140]

I went to the closet to take pictures of my c1960s blue check tweed Argyll but then was quite confused when I didn’t see it hanging up. Then I remembered I have to go pick it up from the seamstress, I had the waist taken in.

[gsmacleod]

I'm looking for some help amongst those members who own more vintage jackets.

Namely, I hoping for photos of how your gauntlet/argyll cuffed jacket cuffs are constructed. Specifically those jackets where the cuffs are not a single piece of fabric simply just sown directly to the sleeve, but stand apart and off of the jacket.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Frank

Frank,

Checked mine to see if it was any help to you but mine is sewn down all the way around. Looks like you've gotten everything you need here but just in case it's of use, you can have a look at or borrow mine any time.

Shane

[Highland Logan]

Frank,

Checked mine to see if it was any help to you but mine is sewn down all the way around. Looks like you've gotten everything you need here but just in case it's of use, you can have a look at or borrow mine any time.

Shane

Thanks Shane.

Frank

[PinellasPaul]

A very fine thread indeed!

The Gauntlet/Argyll Cuff is a beautiful detail. I would enjoy owning and wearing one of these quite a lot.

Thanks for pointing out this thread OC Richard.

[Garth]

I have tought myself how to customise a jacket because of my frame. I am by no means a tailor however have applied myself and have sewn all my jackets to date. This is a step by step pic tutorial using the existing materials as well as the canvas that I use to make my kilts: