Perhaps I should have stated my question differently.

Does anyone know of a kilt, perhaps in a museum, made in that time period that has the cheating of the pleats slohairt is discussing?

I am talking about a physical example of tailoring from the eighteen-hundreds, and not conjecture about what might have been done.

If that doesn't make sense, I've got problems again, and it's time for me to walk away from this thread.